 Wiseman is a small mining community along the Middle Fork Koyukuk River in the Brooks Range.It was founded by gold miners who abandoned the Slate Creek (later Coldfoot) settlement around 1908.Robert Marshall, who became a prominent American forester, preservation activist, and a co-founder of The Wilderness Society, wrote the bestselling book, "Arctic Village," about his 15-month stay in this frontier town around the year 1930.