OIl Boom

The oil boom revitalized Alaska. Post WWII, the economy of Alaska was in decline due to the low price of timber and salmon, a decrease of military spending, and a lack of valuable exports. The money spent in Alaska attempting to drill was great because it employed people and stimulated the economy. However, the real money started flowing in when a bidding was held for the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield and other areas thought to contain oil. It followed with construction of the pipeline and maintenance of the drilling crews and rigs. All of this provided jobs for Alaskans and oil revenue for the state.

Questions for Jeff

1.     Why did you leave most of the famous ghost stories of Skagway out?

2.     How long have you worked on this book?

3.     What was the Smith family like? General personality?

4.     When were the roads paved?

5.     What happened to the Kasidaya Project? Is it near completion?

6.     What is going to happen to the Pullen fireplace? Is it still owned by the Brenas?

7.     Why did the Father ______ leave the mission?

8.     Why did you leave out some of the shipwrecks that happened in or near the harbor?

9.     What is your aim with making this book? To inform people primarily or to entertain them?

10. What was on, in the mid-1900s, the property that is where the baseball fields and frolfing course are now?