Dawson City and the Klondike Gold Rush Debut In 1896
A pioneer recalls locating Bonanza creek and the Dawson City town site, building the first house, and launching a sawmill to supply sluice boxes as Dawson grew from a handful of settlers to a flood of prospectors chasing Bonanza and Gold Bottom digs. He notes McCormack and two Chilkat Indians made the early discovery, and describes the rough voyage, stockpiling supplies, and the evolving map of claims and districts beyond Klondike fever.
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Indian Creek
Yukon
Bor Hanza
Gold Bottom Creek
George W McCormack
Lenderson
Snd
Dawson City
Jack Dalton
Frank Leslie
Henderson
Costed McCormack
McCormack
Bonanza
Forty Mile Creek
Frisco
San Francisco
A. GC. T. Company
St. Michael's
Bering Sea
Yukon River
St. Mierbach
Baal
Bonanza Creeks
Owinel
Klondike
Bonanza Creek
Ayres
John Whitney
Robert Lowrie
Arizona
New Mexico
Thran Dineck River
Gounnusa
Dawson
Dan B Robinson
The Rush to Dawson Profits in Sawing Ice Boxes
Laduce recounts a harsh Alaskan journey from Dyea to Frigco aboard the Rustler, detailing a January departure with a thermometer 60 degrees below zero, dogs and a sled, and a roughly 50 mile trek before connecting with the steamer.
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Laduce
Rustler
Dyea
Frigco Slong
Fourth through Theodore Anderson and others listed
A fragment cites transfers to Theodore Anderson John Moffitt Charles Kimball A J Perpuson and Charles Olsen detailing multiple fifth seventh and eighth allocations in a titled sequence, suggesting a distribution or designation record from a historical notice. The passage names several individuals with ordinal positions among a longer list.
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Theodore Anderson
John Moffitt
Charles Kimball
A. J. Perpuson
Charles Olsen
Dawson City Census From the Yukon Winter Questa
A former Dawson City resident recalls the first spring after establishment noting about 500 residents, two streets First and Second avenues with business on First. Saloon-keeper George Westbrook kept a 50 cent drink shop open day and night. Women on the claims earned nuggets and tended households while men worked claims. about 400 to 400 men and 8 women in the spring, with nine tenths of 1,400 nearby men described as diligent and of good character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson City
First Avenue
Second Avenue
A. C.D. Company
N. Al’s Company of
Chicago
George Westbrook
St. Michael's
Winfield Ohler
Fd Parks
Dave Richards
Alex McDonald
Ferguson
N. Ferguson
Berry
Fresno
Dorado
Liffey
Yukon Country
Dkuow
Countity
Oipele City
Dowsouw City
Dogs and Sledges Heading Through Juneau Influx
From Juneau around the departure time, estimated 1,500 people were arriving as the scene unfolded, with the influx noted as significant and ongoing. The figure reflects a large turnout during the period described, underscoring the scale of the event and its local impact.
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Juneau
Claims and Men From the Yukon Gold Boom
Reports of rich pold diggings spread all winter but were doubted until gold was shown at Selvey’s selling office in San Francisco. The writer recalls Dawson City in June with tents and heavy activity. a mill employing 15 men paid high wages. About 806 claims were in Bonanza district, with Alexander McDonald a leading owner worth millions. Two deaths are noted, Bert Stickney and C. G. Felch, Felch dying with money buried under his pillow. The gold commissioner handles claims and mining disputes.
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Pold
Selvey's Stoelling
San Francisco
Liiey
Selvey & Co
Dawson City
Bonanza
Alexander McDonald
Nova Scotia
Montaus
Moss
Bert Stickney
Lake le Barge
CG. G. Felch
Oregon
Dawson
Gold Commissiours
Women in the Klondike town site dispute
LI applied to the Canadian government for 160 acres. The government refused to sell town sites in the Northwest Territory. Mr. Ogilvy surveyed the area and reported against handling town sites there. A town site was applied for at Forty Mile by O'Brien, but the plan was deemed uneconomical.
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Northwest Territory
Mr. Ogilvy
O'Brien
Forty Mile
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Demestic
Ledeg Town
Tsureau
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