| Show roalin around with the he NEA in series arlt of articles atice fay by ont nalbert albert W epperson Ep who ho re from a 2 trip bently r returned editorial As national alth 4 the kocl atlon to alaska alt k K if look on your map of note that seward located on oa the benal peninsula and it was keen ceen eye 12 that we ar 1 lia this point on june acred about 9 RM am for our three day fil p inland 1 abundance abunde to I 1 nce feere n greevers greeters Grce Gre eters elcome our party part Y to this seaport rt city headed by the people john M cole cle ln jail and mildred kirkpatrick ot of is to seward seaport It ecord a ilee l ace a week newspaper seward were busily engaged look gok li r g up members of our party who 1 ioime from their nath e states dur I 1 atif our short stop before board i v the alaska railroad stream ler fer i three members of our party had cd a bear hunting expedit bu on the peninsula while a halt ball szn zen more stayed in seward tor for ihling instead d of 0 going inland seward reward Is located at the head ol of ur bay and Is 1379 2379 tl miles via the inland passage dla a seattle the year round pop 4 dation lion is 2800 this total increased y bout about ln in summer by woi lets lers and some tourists who make belr homes here during this per A sward seward has bad long been the main center of alaska toper since it has a fine year fund und harbor and Is located at the luthern terminus ot of the alaska ill u road government owned and pe aerated rated the railroad extends ext enids 1 0 miles from seward to the northern terminus the city derived its name from is ie secretary of state who maneu ered the purchase of alaska le dB best known sports evit which has attracted nation de lame fame Is the annual race up anthon mountain this race d on july 1 4 has become the isla in event for or the people of sew d with a starting line on one the main streets of the city the must climb marathon buntain loun tain and beluin to the start ig line this mountain with its ita se ise mith within in seward s corporate alts its 1 is 1110 feet fee in el ele vaton evalon and very bleek bleep the lower third of ie e mountain Is covered with heavy roch the next neit third with wild kass rasa and the upper portion with le lose shale rock the averaged average ilme to climb the mountain and re I 1 urn Is 56 minutes usually we we e t told 0 id the e w winner 1 I liner is awarded a of approximately 1000 and ser prizes are awarded other aured capants ci pants each contestant is t of a hum ot of money lor for participating providing that he as bends and returns to the starting line seldom do more than three entrants finish the alie race we were told that the same man had been first place winner for the past three years though we did not have a great deal ot of time to see seward we were impressed with ith its beautiful setting and most hospitable people annual precipitation Is 92 inches with an all average annual temperature of 40 degrees varying from several degrees below zero in winter to 65 degrees above during the summer months the snowfall which composes composed a large part of the precipitation averages 40 inches during the year As we boarded our train about am the seward chamber of commerce presented us ua with moose meat sandwiches and they were really delicious and so we headed into the interior of alaska with inith anchorage the boom town of alaska as our next stop to de be continued |
