Bulldozer stuck in mud

Teslin, Yukon

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Alaska Highway construction pushes 93rd Black Soldiers southeast toward Teslin Village. 1942
ALASKA HIGHWAY THROUGH CANYON TOWARD TESLIN. Timberlake Collection

The 340th encamped at Morley Bay on 18 June  and the 93rd crossed Teslin River building a Pioneer Road a hundred miles to Teslin Village. Both the 93rd and the 340th Engineers invaded this small Tlingit fishing and hunting village.  They brought ‘white man’s diseases’ to the unvaccinated Tlingits–with devastating results.

93rd Black Soldiers bought sweets at trading post in Teslin Village.
TRADING POST AT TESLIN VILLAGE. National Archives Bureau of Public Roads

This small village of Tlingit Indians remained quarantined due to illness.  Physicians from the 93rd came to Teslin to care for the sick while others of the 58th medical battalion gathered residents and children to vaccinate them.

Constructing Alaska Highway through Boyd's Canyon. 1942.
BOYDS CANYON. Timberlake Collection
A jack-knifed carryall and dozer on 93rd Black Soldiers road to Teslin Village. 1942
JACK-KNIFED CARRYALL AND DOZER. Timberlake Collection
Alaska Highway dozers mired in mud on 93rd road to Teslin Village. 1942
MIRED IN MUD. Timberlake Collection
Black 93rd engineers build culverts on Alaska Highway to drain water. 1942
CULVERT. Timberlake Collection
Black 93rd engineers are building a culvert on the Alaska Highway. 1942
BUILDING A CULVERT. Timberlake Collection
93rd Engineers constructing buildings in Teslin Villaga. 1942
“TOWN OF TESLIN”. Timberlake Collection
Log Cabin near Teslin Village off the Alaska Highway. 1942
LOG CABIN IN TESLIN. Timberlake Collection.

 

93rd Black Engineers building a culvert along the Alaska Highway. 1942
BUILDING A CULVERT. Timberlake Collection
93rd Black Engineers building a culvert along the Alaska Highway. 1942
BUILDING A CULVERT. Timberlake Collection

 

93rd Black soldiers handrolling logs for a bridge over Dead Man's Creek on the Alaska Highway. 1942
HAND ROLLING LOGS FOR BRIDGE ON DEAD MANS CREEK. Timberlake Collection
93rd Engineers building Dead Man's Creek Bridge on the Alaska Highway. 1942
BRIDGING DEAD MAN’S CREEK. Timberlake Collection
93rd Black Engineers constructing Alaska Highway through mud and muck. 1942
MAKING ROAD TO TESLIN. Timberlake Collection
Portable 93rd lube trailer on Alaska Highway providing maintenance. 1942
LUBE TIME ON THE ROAD. Timberlake Collection
Fire in woods surrounding Teslin Village 93rd Engineers section of the Highway. 1942
FIRE IN WOODS SURROUNDING TESLIN. Timberlake Collection

 

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Ordinary Men Build A Legendary Road

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