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Fred Holbrook Recalls Nome Country Three Months
Fred P. Holbrook, Butte merchant, returns from a Cape Nome trip with A S Kernard and John McNaught. He describes Nome City’s tented landscape, rich creeks such as Anvil and Dexter, and early claims producing up to $25 000 daily. He notes robbers, U S soldiers policing, and mixed fortunes among prospectors while stressing the harsh yet beautiful country.
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Hese
Cape Nome
Walter
Carns
Nome
Sandard’s Butte
Sun
Utte
Chamber of Commerce
Hunnewell
Butte
Jon
F. E. Miller
Yukon River
Boulder
Ngary
Oregon
Mitchell
Price
Seattle
Sam
Fred Holbrook
Fred P. Holbrook
Mr. Holbrook
Dutch Harbor
Nome City
A. S Kernard
John McNaught
Anvil Mountains
Anvil Creek
Lindbloom
Discovery Claim
Lindberg
Bernstein
Alaska
Anyi
Anvil
Dexter
Continental Oil Company
Angil Mountain
Prince of Wales
Arctic Ocean
John Noyes
Durrant
Philipsburg
Nicola Gulch
United States
Randolph
Topkok
Oumalaska
Marco Media
Lawrence Harris
A. N. Yoder
J. C. Baker
Jack
Tom Noyes