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Alaska Gold Field Fever Draws Iowa Miners North
Emigration to Alaska described from Dubuque Volga City Elkader and West Union with Capt Henry Shadie leading a party from Volga City to San Francisco and then to Orca Copper River. Letters recount boarding, outfitting costs, routes, and cautions about hardship and risk.
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Alaska
Iowa
United States
Dubuque
Elkader
West Union
Volga City
Bikader Register
Reudear
O Iman
Henry Shadle
San Francisco
Orca
Copper River
Henry Shadieans
CG. M. Smith
Smith
R. E. Price
Sam Boots
Louis J Kramer
Ira
Patterson
Jos E. Corlett
Mo W. Milliard
Jack Dyer
Turkey River
Will Boal
Henry Jacobs
A. J. Carpenter
Faystte
Dan Whipple
Velga City
Carpenter
Wy. F. Retyeoxr
Will
Ira Patterson
Volga
Shadie
Chas. H. Jacobs
Fred Milliard
Sabula Junction
Otto Gunn
Becker
First National Bank