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Pete Bowers

Pete Bowers grew up in Pennsylvania and came to Alaska in 1974 to perform archeological fieldwork in the Alaska Range. He is an archeologist and is president of Northern Land Use Research, Inc., the largest cultural resource consulting firm in Alaska. Pete got involved in sled dog racing in the late 1970's, participating in both sprint races as well as longer distance races. He wrote an article for the Alaska Dog Mushers Association about the history of sled dog racing titled: "Sled Dog Racing in Fairbanks" that appeared in their 1983-1984 Race Season Program. Pete is also a bluegrass musician and has been influential in the historic documentation of old-time music in Alaska.

Pete Bowers appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Dog Mushing in Alaska

Pete Bowers' Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Pete Bowers	Pete Bowers was interviewed on July 20, 2011 by Robert Drozda and Marla Statscewich at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska. Angela Linn, Ethnology Collection Manager, and Emily Chagluak, her student intern, were also present at the interview. In this interview, Pete talks about the history of, and archeological evidence for, people using dog power for transportation and work. He uses items from the Ethnology Collection at the University of Alaska Museum of the North to demonstrate the types of dog team equipment and technologies used through time. This recording has been edited from the original.	2011-19-10	Dog Mushing in Alaska	Jul 20, 2011

As Interviewer

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract
Harold Woods and Richard Frank	87-30	Dog Mushing in Alaska	Harold Woods and Richard Frank were interviewed on February 12, 1987 by William Schneider and Pete Bowers in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, Harold and Richard talk about their experiences with the early days of sled dog racing in interior Alaska. They talk about specific races, including the Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race and the race from Fairbanks to Livengood, as well as differences between the early days and current racing. Harold also talks about breeding, raising and training sled dogs, other mushers he raced with, and being a dog team mail carrier between Rampart and Manley Hot Springs. For more information about the history of sled dog racing in Fairbanks, see an article titled "Sled Dog Racing in Fairbanks" written by Pete Bowers for the Alaska Dog Mushers Association which appeared in their 1983-1984 Race Season Program. For more about the history of the race from Fairbanks to Livengood, see an article titled "From Fairbanks to Livengood and Back" on pages 12-14 in the February/March 1988 issue of Mushing magazine.