INDUSTRY  |  Mining - B. J. Bower Back to Thumbnails Bigger John "B. J." Bower Bigger John "B. J." Bower, known in frontier Alaska as Billy Bowers, had this portrait made in Kansas City, Missouri. During more than three decades in Alaska, he mined, trapped, and worked as a carpenter. Photo courtesy Sally Irvine.
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