While working as a guide in his youth, Walter Harper met and worked for a man named Hudson Stuck. Their friendship would lead to Walter becoming the first person to reach the summit of Denali. Research: <ul> <li>Bishop, Click. &ldquo;Sponsor Statement SB-144 &ndash; Walter Harper Day.&rdquo; Alaska State Legislature. https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=31&docid=58198</li> <li>Dean, Patrick. &ldquo;How Hudson Stuck's Ascent of Denali Boosted Recognition of Indigenous Alaskans.&rdquo; History News Network. 12/13/2020. https://www.hnn.us/article/how-hudson-stucks-ascent-of-denali-boosted-recogni</li> <li>Denali National Park and Preserve. &ldquo;Superintendent Harry Karstens.&rdquo; https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/station06a.htm</li> <li>Ehrlander, Mary. &ldquo;Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son.&rdquo; UAF Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning. Via YouTube. 7/7/2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-FrvS3gONg</li> <li>Farquhar, Francis P. &ldquo;Henry P. Karstens&mdash;1878-1955.&rdquo; The American Alpine Club. https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12195611200/Henry-P-Karstens-1878-1955</li> <li>Hayes, Alan L. &ldquo;One Congregation, Two Cultures: St. Mark&rsquo;s Episcopal Church Nenana, Alaska.&rdquo; Anglican and Episcopal History, vol. 68, no. 1, 1999, pp. 141&ndash;46. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42612013. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.</li> <li>James, David A. &ldquo;In story of the legendary &lsquo;Walter Harper: Alaska Native Son,&rsquo; Denali is just the beginning.&rdquo; Alaska Daily News. 12/16/2017. https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2017/12/16/in-story-of-the-legendary-walter-harper-alaska-native-son-denali-is-just-the-beginning/</li> <li>James, David. &ldquo;The Brief, But Bright Story of Walter Harper.&rdquo; Alaska. 5/21/2022. https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/the-brief-but-bright-story-of-walter-harper/</li> <li>John, Peter. &ldquo;The Gospel According to Peter John.&rdquo; Krupa, David J., editor. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. 1996. https://ankn.uaf.edu/publications/Books/Peter_John.pdf</li> <li>Johnson, Erik. &ldquo;Honoring the Unsung Heroes of the 1913 Summit Expedition: Esaias George and John Fredson.&rdquo; National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/dena-history-unsung-heroes.htm</li> <li>Johnson, Erik. &ldquo;The Ultimate Triumph and Tragedy: Remembering Walter Harper 100 Years Later.&rdquo; National Park Service. Denali National Park. https://www.nps.gov/articles/dena-history-harper.htm</li> <li>Manville, Julie and Ross Maller. &ldquo;The Influence of Christian Missionaries on Alaskan Indigenous Peoples.&rdquo; Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. Vol. 5, Article 8. 2009.</li> <li>Miller, Matt. &ldquo;&lsquo;May Light Perpetual Shine Upon Them.&rsquo;&rdquo; KTOO. https://www.ktoo.org/2013/10/26/may-light-perpetual-shine-upon-them/</li> <li>New York Times. &ldquo;Yukon Indian Opens Coney Island Eyes.&rdquo; 6/1/1914.</li> <li>Stuck, Hudson. &ldquo;A winter circuit of our Arctic coast; a narrative of a journey with dog-sleds around the entire Arctic coast of Alaska.&rdquo; New York. C. Scribner&rsquo;s Sons. 1920. https://archive.org/details/wintercircuito00stuc/</li> <li>Stuck, Hudson. &ldquo;Ten Thousand Miles With A Dog Sled a Narrative of winter travel in Interior Alaska.&rdquo; 1917. https://archive.org/details/tenthousandmiles0000huds/</li> <li>Stuck, Hudson. &ldquo;The ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) a narrative of the first complete ascent of the highest peak in North America.&rdquo; New York, C. Scribner's Sons. 1914. https://archive.org/details/ascentofdenalimo01stuc/</li> <li>Stuck, Hudson. &ldquo;Voyages on the Yukon and its tributaries: a narrative of summer travel in the interior of Alaska.&rdquo; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. 1917. https://archive.org/details/cihm_76545/</li> <li>Walker, Tom. &ldquo;A Brief Account of the 1913 Climb of Mount McKinley.&rdquo; Denali National Park and Preserve. https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/historyculture/1913ex.htm</li> <li>Woodside, Christine. &ldquo;Who Led the First Ascent of Denali? Hudson Stuck, Archdeacon of the Yukon.&rdquo; Vol. 63, No., 2 Summer/Fall 2012.</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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