Return to: Will Rogers and Wiley Post - America was in the throes of the Great Depression when another bout of tragic news streaked across the nation: two great men had been killed in an airplane accident in northern Alaska.
ASL-P87-2531 On their northbound journey in August 1935, Post and Rogers stopped in Juneau. From left is Walter Hall, Post, author Rex Beach, Alaska aviator Joe Crosson, and Rogers.