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;:'. PRESIDENT Jean A. Roth (206) 782-2629 VICE PRESIDENT Marilyn Rose (206)362-3240 SECRETARY Mary R. Pierce (206)524-6920 TREASURER JoAmeKing (206)525-2685 DIRECTORS :.' COMMUNICATIONS Sarah Thorson Little (206)365-3681 : EDUCATION Sherrie Moore (206) 485-7220, (360) 668-9048 | LIBRARY Lynn Ready ... (206)784-6439 :i OPERATIONS Paula §|fullikin'; -;.'/; (206)522-4169 PUBLICATIONS n Sally:Sne Mahoney • (206) 523-1941^ J

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Letter 106 Calendar of Events 107

SPECIAL ARTICLES

The Klondike Gold Rush 109 The SS Portland: 'Ship of Gold' 115 Beriah Brown 117 When's the Next Boat? 119 Robert W. Service 122 Cooper & Levy, Pioneer Outfitters 123 A Wise Choice in the Yukon.,,.. 129 Here's a Sampling of Gold Rush Ads 130 Where? Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? 134 The Sheep Camp Snow Slide of'98 135 Incorporated as a Trouble on the Trail 156 non-profit organization RESEARCH AIDS under the laws pf the State of The Klondike .Washington . How to Get There from Here 132 Klondike Map 133 The Sourdoughs 136 Founded October 1923 REGULAR FEATURES

SGS and Other Notes 108 BULLETIN Book Reviews Heritage Books, Inc. 148 Ancestry 148 Volume 46 No. 3 Genealogical Publishing Company 148 Clearfield Company 150 Spring 1997 Family Line Publications 150 Other Publishers 151 Other Recent SGS Library Acquisitions 151 Seattle Public Library Acquisitions 152 New Members 154 Published Quarterly INDEX 157

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PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear SGS members: In Seattle's Pioneer Square (then the city's center of commerce) and waterfront area, prospectors had one With this issue of the SGS Bulletin, we are commemo­ last fling "below the line," bought their supplies rating the centennial of one of the most important from local outfitters, boarded ships berthed nearby, events in Seattle's early history—the Klondike gold headed north to Alaska and Canada's Yukon Terri­ rush of 1897/1898. tory and, if they struck it rich, came back and spent their money. On 17 Jul 1897, the headlines of the Seattle Post- Intelligencer screamed: Most were miners, but others "mined the miners/' Some became wealthy without ever working a claim P4 Extra! or even having to leave home. Of these, a fair share THE NEWS FROM THE KLONDIKE were Seattleites. Only a handful of the stampeders Latest details from the Yukon Country as brought found enough gold to call themselves rich, but the by the Steamship Portland Seattle businesses that were established or sustained with 68 miners and a ton of gold. by the stampede north did exceedingly well—and many are still in business in the area a century later. On that day, the frenzy began—and the face of our It is said that of the nearly $300 million taken out of city and the lives of its citizens would be changed the Alaska-Yukon region in the decade and a half forever. Soon, the rest of the country and people surrounding the gold rush, more than half remained from all over the world would be affected as well. I in Seattle to enrich its economy. think Robert Service, famed poet of the Yukon, said it best in his poem: As we sought material for our series on early Seattle businesses and the events of the Klondike gold rush, THE SPELL OF THE YUKON we continued to be amazed at the variety of record repositories situated in our city. Pacific Northwest I wanted the gold, and I sought it; historians are fortunate that there are so many unique I scrabbled and mucked like a slave collections available for researchers. Was it famine or scurvy—I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave. The Seattle Public Library's Northwest card file and obituary collection was very helpful, as was the I wanted the gold, and I got it Pacific-Alaska Region branch of the National Ar­ Came out with a fortune last fall, chives for its territorial and federal census records. Yet somehow life's not what I thought it, The University of Washington's Suzzallo Library has v And somehow the gold isn't all. very early Seattle newspapers, and its Manuscript and University Archives Section houses the collec­ No! There's the land. (Have you seen it?) tion of the Seattle Jewish Historical Society. This gave It's the cussedest land that I know, us the opportunity to search through the records of From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it the Schwabacher Company and Cooper & Levy. Not To the deep, deathlike valleys below. only were there written histories of the companies and the families that started them, but other material Some say God was tired when he made it; as well which ranged from family charts, registers Some say it's a fine land to shun; and naturalization papers to an original early 19th- Maybe; but there's some that would trade it century German marriage contract, in Hebrew. For no land on earth—and I'm one. Our own SGS library with its early Seattle records Although physically removed from the Klondike, was another excellent source. With the increased Seattle was a key point on the map in the 1897-1898 interest in the history of our gold rush pioneers, Gold Rush history, for with its strategic location it many are now seeking a new "treasure" as they became the center of trade in the Northwest. Seattle search for the stories and records that relate to their became the main departure point for the Yukon as own family members who headed north to try their fortune-seekers passed through on their way to the luck in the gold fields. Modem-day local entrepre­ Klondike. neur, Bill Gates of Microsoft, has roots in the Gold Springl997 Seattle #eriMlogkd feodet? IBulI^tin Pagel07

•^CALENDAR 2 June 7:30 p.m., SGS office, Monday evening program, "Interviewing," a hands-on demonstration with Sally Gene Mahoney. 14 June 1 p.m., quarterly membership meeting, an illustrated talk on the Klondike gold rush and Seattle's role in it, presented by the Washington State Klondike Centennial Committee. ! 6-8 June "Roots '97" conference of the Quebec Family History Society, Montreal. Details: QFHS, P.O. Box 1026, Pointe Claire, Quebec H9S 4H9, or via web: .

11-13 June Palatines to America national conference, Fort Wayne, Indiana, with theme, "German Genealogical Research." Details: P to A, Capital University, P.O. Box 101P, Columbus, OH •• 43209-2394. . ,

11-7 July Genealogical Institute of Mid-America, week-long seminar, University of Illinois at Spring- field, including beginning and intermediate courses, plus military record and British Isles research sources. Details: LJI-S, Continuing Education, Springfield, IL 62794-9243.

3-6 September Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference, Dallas, Texas. Info: FGS, P.O. Box 830220, Richardson, TX 75083-0220 or via web at:

f President s: letter, continued Rush and "the Donald" Trump's grandfather headed brace with renewed enthusiam. SGS contiriufs 4PV north to seek his fortune in the Klondike. Efforts are grow and to upgrade the quality of its library collec­ being made to make the records of these "sour­ tion and its educational opportunities. doughs" more readily available to researchers. Since this is my last President's Letter before turning In 1989,1 retraced the miners' route from Skagway, over the gavel to the incoming president, Annette Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, over White Dwyer, I would like to take this opportunity to say a Pass (one of the two mountain obstacles on the way huge THANK YOU to the members of the Board of to the gold; the other was Chilkoot Pass) on the Directors with whom I have worked these past two narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Railroad, and years, and to the hundreds of volunteers who have went oifi to historic Dawson City on the Yukon River. and are continuing to donate their time and talents to It is something that I will never forget. The logistics the -Seattle Genealogical Society. Without their ef­ of the Trail of '98 were truly incredible—what cour­ forts, our society would have a very difficult time age (or foolishness) it took for the men and women serving its members and providing the many re­ t0 attempt the journey under the conditions that search opportunities we offer. We appreciate our prevailed. own "Gold Fortune"—the many dedicated volun­ teers of SG& " We hdp£ that you will enjoy reading about this fascinating time in Seattle's early history and urge you to take part in some of the many events that are Sincerely, planned in the Seattle area to commemorate the arrival of the SS Portland with its precious cargo of gold a century ago. ^m^d(^b Like the Seattleites of the gold rush era, we also Jean A. Roth approach the dawn of a new century—one that we President hope will see the Seattle Genealogical Society em­ Page 108 £&eattt* ^Mttalsgital ftotift?-?Hlbtin Spring 1997 SGS AND OTHER NOTES

TRAVEL—ARMCHAIR AND OTHERWISE We're off to the Klondike in this issue of the SGS THE CARNATION LEGACY; Bulletin, shortly before the 100th anniversary of the A FAMILY MEMBER WRITES arrival in Seattle of the "gold ship" SS Portland. If the Klondike isn't in your travel plans, take ina Klondike In the last issue of the Bulletin, one of the articles event hereabouts Here are a few: on early Seattle-area businesses was on the Car- nationCompany.ElbridgeH.StuartIII,thegrand- Now-August—"As a Century Turns" exhibit, Mu­ son of the company's founder, had been given a seum of History and Industry. copy of the article, and wrote to Jean Roth, SGS Now-August—"View From the Klondike/'Whatcom president and author of the series. He wrote: Museum of History and Art, Bellingham. 19 June-August—"SEATTLE! Musical Tales From "The presented article was a good synopsis of the Great Northwest," Museum of History and the company and family history. There were a Industry, Seattle* few items in the article that I feel should be 18 July-December—"Golden Dreams: Asahel Curtis further clarified: and the Klondike Quest" exhibit, Washington State Historical Society Miiseum, Tacoma (Curtis "Afterthedeath of Nan [Stuart] in 1937,Elbridge was a pioneer photographer.) H. Stuart Sr. married Evelyn (her maiden name 19-20 July—Re-creation of SS Portland's arrival, Pier I do not know), a widow with two children. 57, Seattle waterfront; other events all week. There were no additional children by this mar­ 20 July—Flotilla leaves for Skagway and way ports, riage. Of the children by Nan Stuart, two are still commemorating the rush for Klondike gold. living, Elbridge H, Stuart, Jr., and D wight Lyman 5-21 September—RCMP (Mounties) Musical Ride, Stuart Western Washington Fair, Puyallup. "The building that E. A. Stuart bought in 1899 for his first condensery in Kent is still there and in NEWS ABOUT PERIODICAL SOURCE INDEX use almost one hundred years later. The second Word is that PerSI, the Periodical Source Index of floor is gone but the first floor contains a number genealogical publications from day one, will soon be of small retail shops and is located near the Kent available on CD ROM and on-line. The Index is pro­ library. duced' by the Allen County Public Library in Fort "Carnation was sold to the Nestle Food Com­ Wayne, Indiana, and is an expensive set of volumes. pany and the transaction was completed in Janu­ Now, the library's Foundation has awarded elec­ ary of 1985. Some of what E. A. Stuart created and tronic publication rights to the work to Ancestry, put into motion did not remain with the com­ Inc., a commercial endeavor with a background in pany when it was sold to Nestle. E. A. Stuart, family-history publishing. It's said the CD ROM will being a Quaker, had a strong sense of commu­ sell for around $100, and that Ancestry will make it nity and his responsibility to it. In the 1930s, he available on-line on some basis. and his son created several philanthropic foun­ dations to serve the community that had created MORE COMPUTER NEWS prosperity for Carnation. These exist today for The new version of Personal Ancestry File for IBM the benefit of children and youth issues in both and compatibles (version 3.0), is now out, but it still California and Washington state. Members of isn't programmed for Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, the family, residinginboth states, volunteer time though there are work-arqunds to use it on those and effort to further E.A. Stuart's sense of re­ systems. The biggest news is the price: $15. And the sponsibility." newest version for the Macintosh still is being sold for $35™grrmv The Bulletin editor is delighted to receive Mr. : Stuarf s comments, and to know that, while Car­ Are you a ROOTs-based genealogist? Its developer, nation as many knew it mostly is gone, the CommSoft, has been snaffled up by Palladium, Inc., Carnation heritage lives on through the Stuarts' foundations supporting community good works. (continued on page 134) Seattle (genealogical B>atitty bulletin

VOLUME 46 Spring 1997 NUMBERS YUKON GOLD! SEATTLE AND THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

by Jean Roth, SGS president The Yukon Territory occupies Canada's northwest 1825 agreed on boundaries of Russian America, an corner and it was in this vast area that fortune- agreemnt the British ignored in a few years, entering seekers converged for the historic Klondike gold Alaska in 1847. A Hudson's Bay Company post. Fort rush. They came primarily to Dawson City, located Yukon, was opened on the Yukon 1,000 miles up­ at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers. stream, 200 miles within Russian America—but the Russians didn't seem to mind. Taking its name from the Indian "yuchoo," meaning "great river/' the Yukon is the fifth largest river on After America's Civil War, the United States began the continent, at its mouth 20 miles in width and negotiations with Russia to satisfy pressure from stretching from Yukon Territory across Alaska to the western fishing interests. On 30 Mar 1867, Secretary Bering Sea. Canada has perpetual treaty rights to of State William Henry Seward concluded the pur­ navigate the length of the Yukon—all 1979 miles of chase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Cer­ it. Although known as early as 1591, systematic emonies marking the transfer were held 18 Oct 1867 exploration of Alaska began in 1741 with an expedi­ at Sitka. Seward named the newly acquired territory tion led by Danish-bom Vitus Bering reaching the "Alaska"—a corruption of the Aleut word meaning area near present-day Sitka. Employed by Russia, "a great country." Almost all of the Klondike region Bering and Russian fur traders made many visits in became a part of Canada's Northwest Territories. the following years. They established fur posts on and near the Yukon in the early part of the 19th Although politicians and Journalists criticized the century—but did not venture far upstream. They purchase—calling it "Seward's Folly," "Seward's called the river "Kvichpak" not realising it was the Icebox" and "Icebergia"—many others knew that other end of the distant British Columbia river called the far north potentially had tremendous mineral the Yukon. wealth. American fur trade on the Yukon began in 1868 when traders established their headquarters at In the meantime the British explorers James Cook, St Michael—the old Russian headquarters for the George Vancouver and Alexander McKenzie, charted Yukon district. Among these was the Pioneer Ameri­ the coast. While Russians held a monopoly over the can Fur'Company, formed in San Francisco the region's natural resources a number of settlements previous fall In 1869, the company introduced the were established, including Sitka in 1804. To resolve first steamer to the river, the Yukon, a 50-foot stern- a dispute, the Russian and British governments in wheeler. Surveys were made on this trip by Army Capt Charles W.Raymond and Ferdinand Westdahl, who later charted much of Alaska. They ordered the Most of the articles in this issue of the SGS Bulletin British out of Alaska and, within a few hours, control were written by Jean Roth, who has spent hours on of Fort Yukon passed to the US. the in-depth research they exhibit. The Klondike centennial emphasis will continue in the next and A civil government was finally provided in 1884 subsequent issues. The extensive list of attendees at when Alaska became a district, but it would not be the 1929 Sourdough Stampede in Seattle was tran­ until the Klondike gold rush, with its vast influx of scribed by Mary Ludvigsen, another hours-long con­ settlers, that the US government became aware of tribution, and also will be continued. —The editor. the region's economic potential. Beginning in 1898, Page 110 ftesttlU ^mmU$ml ikdetp SMtettn Spring 1997

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Congress adopted bills designed to remedy wide­ Like so many who would come after him, he packed spread government collusion and fraud, among other his outfit over Chilkoot summit to Lindeman and evils. Demands for a territorial government were Bennett Lakes, arriving about the first of June. Build­ ignored until Congress passed the Organic Act es­ ing a boat, he floated down the Yukon River to the tablishing the Territory of Alaska 24 Aug 1912, Pelly River, where he panned about $54 in gold. Running out of provisions, he made his way to Sixty (More-detailed accounts of many of the following Mile Post, about 130 miles away. There he purchased events are found later in this issue of the SGS Bulletin, a small outfit from Joe Ladue, the French-Canadian or will be in subsequent issues.) factor there who would later become the founder of Dawson City. DISCOVERY OF GOLD Joining Jack Conlins, Henderson went to the Indian Gold fever was not new to North America. The River, south of what was to become Dawson. For the California gold rash of 1849 and subsequent strikes next two years, he prospected in the region, encoun­ in Colorado, Idaho, Washington and British Colum­ tering many hardships and ruining his health. There bia laid the foundation for the Klondike gold rash of were always fair prospects—but no significant pay 1897-1898. Historian James W. Phillips notes a clerk dirt. He hurt his leg and so was hampered in his at Fort Yukon (Alaska) wrote letters describing a search but began to have luck on Quartz Creek and stream which held so much gold that it could be even better luck on Gold Bottom Creek. gathered witha spoon. Stories of gold in the far north were common for almost 30years before the Klondike Following the unwritten miner's code of ethics, he discovery. Prospectors made their way to Puget told others of his discovery. Most decided to remain Sound and then to the sparsely populated Alaska- where they were. Henderson returned to Sixty Mile Yukon region in a slow, but steady stream. Many Post for supplies. On his way upriver, at the mouth had been California '49ers and simply traveled from of the Tronduick [Klondike] River, Henderson en­ strike to strike over the next few decades. countered George Washington Carmack whom he took asid$ and invited to stake a claim. Juneau was the first city founded in Alaska after the American purchase, named after a notorious pros­ With Carmack was his Tagish Indian wife, Kate, and pector, Joe Juneau, Richard Harris struck it rich there her family members, among them her brother, in 1880. Other discoveries were made on Fortymile "Skookum" Jim, and nephews "Tagish" Charlie and Creek, Yukon Territory, just over the Alaska border, Kulsin, later known as "Patsy" Henderson, not re­ in 1886, and at Circle City/Alaska, in 1893. Soon lated to Bob Henderson. (Some reports say boom towns began to spring up in the wilderness. "Skookum" Jim used the surname "Mason.") Kate was the daughter of a Tagish Indian chief, line tribe The greatest of these was Dawson City. also was known as "Stick" Indians, and Carmack was often called "Stick" George or even "Si wash" In 1896, prospectors started migrating to Dawson in George. He also was called "lying" George because search of the rich gold-bearing gravel which had of his boasts that he had struck it rich—even when he washed down the Klondike, Indian and McQuesten hadn't. Perhaps he was just an optimist. Rivers. The great Klondike gold rush dates from Robert D. Henderson's 1896 discovery of gold on Carmack was a wanderer as his father also had been. Gold Bottom Creek In 1849, George's father had crossed the plains in an oxcart en route to the California gold fields.Georg e Bob Henderson was born in Picton County, Nova was b. 24 Sep 1860 on a cattle ranch at Port Costa, Scotia, in 1857 and was reared as a fisherman. When Contra Costa Co., California. On 31 Mar 1885, he left he was 14 he left home, spending several years in the San Francisco for Juneau and then Skagway, cross­ New England states. He made his way to Portland, ing Chilkoot Pass that June. Fot the next 11 years, Oregon, intending to go to Alaska—but failing that, Carmack and his two Indian companions, Jim and he returned home. In 1880 Henderson again went Charlie, spent their time prospecting, hunting and west, spending 14 years in the Colorado mines. He trapping in the Klondike region. In 1889, Carmack decided once again to head for Alaska, arriving in boated down, the Yukon River to Forty Mile and on Dyea, in April 1894. to Fort Yukon and back. From 1890 to 1894 he had a Spring 1997 AtattUe $mmlmtd §&X\,HP IButlitiit Page 111

Seattle and the Klondike, continued trading post at Five Fingers rapids, upriver near mas S. Lippy, who the previous year had left his Whitehorse, and built a mission building at the position as secretary of the Seattle YMC A to go to the mouth of the Pelly River, at old Fort Selkirk. Yukon. In the reports telegraphed by John A. Whalley, it was reported Lippy's claims were worth at least Early in the spring in 1896, Carmack returned to Forty Mile and in August crossed to the mouth of the $500,000. Also on the San Francisco ship was Joe Klondike River for an annual fishing trip. It was here Ladue, who left the Klondike in 1897. that he met Bob Henderson who encouraged them to The arrival of the Excelsior caused a minor stir in San go to nearby Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike Francisco, but in Seattle the Post4ntelligencer hit the below Dawson. Henderson said he was going to streets with the front pages of its several 17 July prospect it in the near future and asked them to send editions featuring news of the strikes. It scooped the someone back to notify him if they found anything, world. The newspaper had chartered the tug Sea arid he would pay them. Following Henderson's Lion to intercept the Portland as it entered Puget advice, Carmack and his companions went off to Sound near Port Angeles. There, correspondent Rabbit Creek. • '•"•' Beriah Brown, son of one of the paper's early editors, boarded the Portland at 2 a.m. and quicldy inter­ On 17 Aug 1896 they found alluvial gold there and viewed a number of the prospectors. Cargo lined the staked their claims. Carmack staked "Discovery" steamer's cabins and the safe in the skipper's quar­ and "No. 1 Below." "Skookum" Jim took "No. 1 ters was crammed with cash. The ship also carried Above" and 'Tagish" Charlie staked "No. 2 Below" two tons'of gold (some say 11/2 tons). Reboarding Discovery. All later claims would be numbered ei­ the tug, he ordered it to speed back to Seattle where ther "above'' or •'below" the original claim, Discov­ it arrived at 6 a.m.—75 minutes before the Portland. ery, a practice followed on other gold creeks in the region as well Without notifying Henderson, they Before the Portland docked, a special edition ol the immediately left for Forty Mile to file their claims. P4 heralding the ship's arrival had been printed and Three weeks later Henderson learned of the strike told eveiyoneof the "tonof gold" aboard. An edition and was told 25-mile-long Rabbit Creek had been issued a couple of hours later heralded: staked from one end to the other. He was too late. Latest News From The Klondike Rabbit Creek was later renamed the famed Bonanza GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! Creek—and the Klondike gold rush had begun. Sixty-Eight Rich Men on the Steamer Portland. Stacks of YellowMetal! THE SS PORTLAND ARRIVES WITH GOLD Some have $5,000, Many Have More, and a Few News of a gold strike in the Klondike had been Bring Out $100,000 Each. reported in Seattle newspapers for months follow­ The Steamer Carries $700,000 ing Carmack's and his companions' discovery. But it would be nearly a year later, when the SS Portland The Portland berthed at Schwabacher's Dock (be­ arrived in Seattle 17 Jul 1897, that its citizens began tween present-day Piers 57 and 60) where a crowd of to realize the impact the Klondike discovery would thousands cheered her arrival that morning. The have on the economically-depressed city. news spread like wildfire. When the ice went out on the Yukon River a number THE RUSH BEGINS of successful prospectors came outside on the first The Klondike gold rush came at the end of Seattle's river boats of the season. Forty-five miners took the worst decade. In 1889, Seattle had been nearly de­ paddlewheeler Portus B. Weare, and the other 25 stroyed when fire leveled its business district and a boarded the Alice two days later. Both traveled more few residences. The city rebuilt and steadily pro­ than a thousand miles down the Yukon to the Bering gressed until it was hit by the country's largest Sea and St. Michael, where the miners boarded two depression to date—the panic of 1893. Four years of steamships, 15 on the SS Excelsior bound for San poverty and unemployment followed, and times Francisco and 68 on the SS Portland for Seattle. The were bad all over the country. Excelsior reached San Francisco first, on 15 Jul 1897, and the news was telegraphed to Seattle. One of the More than anything, the phrase "ton of gold" ignited successful miners on board the Excelsior was Tho­ the fervor of the Klondike gold rush that July. It Page 112 ikatttte IJentilagtal >Mtim Mnlim. Spring 1997

Seattle and the Klondike, continued excited an entire nation still in deep depression. news of the Klondike strike reached him while he Greed overtook reason as the idea of a ton of gold was on a trip to San Francisco. Immediately wiring made an immediate impression on the minds of his resignation, he bought a steamer named the those who had been living in such poor conditions Humboldt, loaded it with supplies bought in the Bay for so long. Would-be stampeders were called "ar­ City and sold tickets to eager would-be passengers. gonauts" and Erastus Brainerd would become their Not only did Seattle's mayor desert Seattle, he was in "Jason". He was an unemployed newspaperman such a hurry that he tried to take off after loading his who had once edited The Seattle Times and had supplies and nearly caused a riot among the passen­ worked for the Post-Intelligencer. When he heard gers whose gear was still on the dock. about the Portland, he talked himself into a job as press agent for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Former Gov. John McGraw immediately announced He was tireless and aggressive in his promotion of his departure. So did John F. Burkman and two other Seattle as the ideal Klondike gateway—sending thou­ Sea ttle policemen who were grubstaked by 16 fellow sands of newspapers around the world and dissemi­ officers. Grubstake partnerships happened fre­ nating accurate information for the public. Seattle quently, as those who remained behind in Seattle owed its eventual economic success and phenom­ supplied funds for those who left, with the hope of enal population growth to Brainerd's dedication. later sharing in the profits. Most of Seattle's police­ men and three-quarters of the its Fire Department The depression of the '90s ended within seven days headed north within two weeks of the Portland's of the Portland's arrival—not only in Seattle, but arrival. The Seattle Times lost most of its reporters. elsewhere. Soon towns as faraway as Eastern Canada were cleaned out of blankets and cold-weather cloth­ Withalackoflawand order, entrepreneurs in Seattle's ing, as well as male population. People stood in long tenderloin district geared up for the rush of prospec­ lines at railroad depots to buy tickets to Seattle. tors both going and coming, and opened more sa­ Thousandsheaded west TheNorth American Trans­ loons and box houses. They imported "soiled doves" portation and Trading Company's office in Seattle from San Francisco's Barbary Coast. Buildings left was swamped with those wanting to book passage unfinished after the panic of '93 were rapidly com­ on the Portland for its return trip to St. Michael. A pleted to house new businesses to serve the gold- day after her triumphant arrival in Seattle, she de­ rush trade. Seattle was in an exciting state of chaos. parted for the Yukon, loaded with cargo and hopeful ROUTES TO THE KLONDIKE miners. Demands for passage to Alaska ports were unbelievable as the rush to the Klondike began. The stampeders headed out of Seattle so fast that Within weeks, 3,000 people and 6,000 tons of freight many weren't sure where they were going. Some were headed north. didn't know that they were going to Canada, not Alaska. The-vaguely-defined Klondike region, cov­ By the first of September, an estimated 9,000 people ering about 800 square miles, is not far from the and 36,000 tons of freight had left Seattle. Every Arctic Circle and the climate is intensely cold for available vessel from all over the globe was put into about seven months each year. The "rich man's service and by 1898 an estimated 200 ships operated route" was by steamship some 2,500 miles from between Alaska and West Coast ports—with most Seattle to St. Michael, Alaska, on the Bering Sea near going through Seattle. Some were "floating coffins"; the mouth of the Yukon River; then, up the river by all were dangerously overcrowded, A tiny steam­ sternwheeler to Dawson City. Before the rush, a ship, the Amur, had space for 60 passengers; she steamship ticket to St. Michael cost $150. In 1897-98 went north with 500 crammed 10 to a cabin. She also the price jumped to $1,000. It was a long trip, and the carried 500 dogs. Even the ancient derelict Eliza first to go reached St. Michael in August when the Anne was floated off the mud to make the journey. water was too low to travel and soon to freeze. She was among the many ships that did not make it. Prospectors who chose this way were delayed for months until the Yukon was navigable, taking a year Seattle's mayor, Frank Black, resigned shortly after to finally reach the Klondike. his election in 1896 and the City Council appointed Col. W.D. Wood to complete the term. Wood had The main route to the Klondike was called the "poor made good progress on civic clean-up and Seattle man's route." Prospective gold-seekers first trav­ had high hopes of eliminating civic corruption when eled by ship from Seattle and other coastal ports Spring 1997 teitite

Seattle and the .Klondike, continued through the Inside Passage to Skagway which is to Dyea, a Chilkat Indian village originally at the wedged in between mountain ranges at the head of mouth of the Taiya River (appropriately Dyea and Lynn Canal. Skagway was settled in 1888 by 74-year- Taiya are from the same Tlingit word meaning "car­ old ex-steamboat captain, William Moore. Within rying place"). Prior to the gold rush, Dyea was a three months of the first gold strike, the settlement of trading post, founded by John J. Healy, a former Skagway grew from one cabin to a thriving city of Montana sheriff. It was once used as an exclusive more than 15,000 population. It was called the "Gate­ trade route by the Indians, a coastal band of the way to the Yukon" and was the starting point of the Tlingits, to trade with the Tagish Indians of the two main trails to the gold fields. After arriving in interior. From Dyea, stampeders joined the steep Skagway, usually by being dumped on the beach, and treacherous long trail over Chilkoot Pass, and on the stampeder traveled on foot to Lake Lindeman to the headwaters of the Yukon. Chilkoot Pass re­ and build a boat or raft for it and and Lake Bennett mained the most popular choice, falling into disuse Reaching the head of the Yukon, they floated on raft once the White Pass and Yukon Railroad opened in or boat downriver passedWhitehorse to Dawson. 1900. During the icy winter of 1897-1898 hordes of enthu­ The second major trail was the White Pass Trail from siastic would-be prospectors who had heard of the Skagway. It was lower in altitude—2,865 feet—than Klondike gold strike swarmed ashore at Skagway, the 3,550-foot Chilkoot Trail to the northwest so the assembled their gear (it was dumped on the mudflats, weather was often better. Pack-horse routes were too) and began the arduous trek over the rugged not successful as they became mired down and coastal mountains and down the raging river to the impassable. One site alone was called Dead Horse Klondike. The Canadian Northwest Mounted Police Gulch, for the approximately 3,000 animals that died guarded the summits, the national boundary. They or were abandoned there. It was said -that one could did not allow prospectors through unless they had walk the entire length of Dead Horse Trail, so-called enough supplies. The Mounties required each per­ by Jack London, over the carcasses of pack animals. son going to the IQondike to have a year's supply of Too, it was the haunt of robbers and murderers, and food in addition to his/her tools and clothing— word spread of its dangers. nearly a ton in weight—before entering Canada. Once the stampeders reached the top of whichever They traveled in lock step, up the steep slopes to trail/pass they took—they headed for Lake cache a load of supplies at the top then back down to lindeman which drains into Lake Bennett, both Skagway or Dyea to load up again for another trip. headwater lakes of the Yukon. The stampeders then The chilling trek had to be made many times— traveled along the natural waterway of the Yukon or usually 15-20 round trips of about six miles each its mountain trails via Whitehorse (bom during the time. To move a ton of supplies over the 45-mile gold rush as a service point for prospectors) to distance from Skagway to Lake Lindeman, the aver­ Dawson. From Lake Bennett to Dawson City, Yukon age stampeder trekked 900 miles. Most spent the Territory, the stampeders were on the treacherous entire winter of 1897-1898 trudging up and down the Yukon River and hundreds of rickety boats and rafts passes and trails with their ton of supplies before they built for themselves capsized in the swift cur­ they could reach the lakes, let alone the headwaters rents of Miles Canyon and other rapids. The first of the mighty Yukon. Seattle merchants advertised steam-powered boat to reach Dawson was the these outfits—"One Man for One Year," If pur­ Bellingham, built in Bellingham, Washington, and chased in Seattle the outfit cost about $250; if one packed over White Pass in pieces. It left Lake Bennett waited until arrival inSkagway it cost nearly $600, In on 6 Jun 1898 and arrived in Dawson on the 13th. Dawson a sack of flour cost $120 and fresh fruit about $25 each.The RCMP rule was a good one and un­ There were many other less frequentlyuse d routes doubtedly saved many lives. As it was, thousands to the Klondike including overland trails through turned back—unable to cope with the rugged slopes, Western Canada. Canadians promoted "all Canada" cold, rain and avalanches. Many who went on were routes appealing to their citizens' patriotism, one killed or crippled. through the heart of British Columbia to the Teslin River and down it to the Yukon River. Some took the The route most traveled was over the Chilkoot Pass, Edmonton Trail to the MacKenzie River, through the also known as the Dyea Trail. It went from Skagway mountains and into the Yukon, all the way from the Page 114 ftattlle #«&t®gtal ftocftfpJfcflktt o Spring 1997

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Peace River to the Arctic. Of the more than 2,000 who Following the strikes in the Klondike, gold was went by way of Edmonton, hundreds turned back discovered in 1899 in Anvil City (renamed 'Nome, and an estimated 500 died on the journey. Alaska)by "thethreelucky Swedes"—Jafetlindberg, * Erik Lindblom and John Brynteson. DAWSON CITY, YUKON TERRITORY Next came Fairbanks, in 1902; Kantishna in 1903 and The rich and bawdy gold-rush town of Dawson City the Iditerod in 1910. Once again, Seattle became the is situated in the heart of the mining country at the major gateway to Alaska's newest gold strikes. Like confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers. It was the surge of prospectors that went in'97-'98, Seattle, named'after George M. Dawson, the Canadian ex­ saw a second wave in the next decade that brought plorer and geologist who traveled the area between increased prosperity to the city. ;'"-: 1873 and 1901, and founded in 1896 by Joseph Ladue, the trading post owner at Sixty Mile, downriver. EPILOGUE tadue'^tup at.Dawson as others were staking claims on nearby Bonanza Creek and Eldorado. The Klondike strike ended the depression caused by - •••: . the panic of '93 not only in Seattle, but all over the A In its heyday in 1898, Dawson was the largest settle­ nation. It is estimated that by 1901, $50 million-had ment north of San Francisco and west of Winnipeg, been taken from the combined gold fields .of the with some 30,000 inhabitants. There were no sewers Yukon Territory. There was an unused $15,000 fed­ or places to dispose of garbage. Malaria and typhoid eral appropriation made for a federal assay office in swept the city resulting in countless deaths every Deadwbod, South Dakota, so Seattle made its own day. Unlike Skagway, which was under the control claim for the money. In 1896, the year prior to the of the notorious "Soap/' Smith, Dawson City was rush, Seattle's Dexter Horton and Company had well^patrolledby theRCMP, They maintained order handled about $400,000 in gold dust Seattle's* assay and confined local sin and prostitution to Klondike office was opened 15 Jul 1898 at Ninth Avenue and1' • City, better known as "Lousetown," on the opposite James Street. side of the:";Kldndike River from Dawson City and adjacent to the gold fields of Bonanza Creek. ••' $y the end of 1903, it was reported $197,132,897 in gold had teen processed into ingots. When mining > Claims changed hands and prospectors lost or won production in the Dawson area ended- in 19$6> the fortunes. Charlie Anderson, later known as the Klondike had yielded $250 million in gold—wrth "Lucky Swede/' bought claimNo. 29 on the Eldorado about $43 billion today. while he was drunk, paying every cent he had— $800. He tried to get his money back the next day Seattle and its businessmen were the true winnersof when he was sober, and failing that he worked his the Klondike gold rush. Within a few months, more "worthless" claim. In just four years he took out $1.2 than 10,000 hopefuls passed through Seattle on their million in gold. way north. In the spring, the estimate reached 60,000. Outfitting merchants in Seattle made about $300,000 Food was in short supply in Dawson and many faced annuallybeforethegoldrush;byMarchl898,Se^ttle's starvation that first year. Russian John Zarnowsky Klondike trade was worth $25 million. Other ports . had staked No. 30 on Eldorado next to Anderson. garnered only about $5 million. San Frandscp/'Calir- • • Hungry, he sold his claim to Nova Scotia-bom Alec fomia; Portland, Oregon; Victoria and Vancouver, MacDonald for a sack of flour. MacDonald would British Columbia, and Juneau, Alaska, were Seattle's eventually become a "king of the Klondike" and the fierce competitors—often with outlandish claims strike'^ richest stampeder as he. parlayed his inter­ and promotions. Everything and anything waj* sold. ests into a $20 million fortune. Seattle's reputation as a wide-open -.town was an­ NOME AND BEYOND other incentive for choosing thecity's Pioneer Square as a departure point. The gold rush created a flour­ By 1900, gold production in the Dawson area had ishing trade in the saloons, box houses and brothels declined sharply, and the continually decreasing as the gold-seekers sought one last fling before en­ strikes and the extreme hardships of the Klondike during the hardships'they would teve to facp after, •.;•.. winters caused many of the Klondike prospectors to they reached Alaska and the Yukon. move on, to try their luck at the new strike at Nome, which attracted 30,000 gold seekers. (continued on page 155) Spring 1997 ftcattlfe Sftttfttogtcat Swati? WAltiin Page 115 THE SS PORTLAND: 'SHIP OF GOLD' In his article for the Historical Gazette, "The SS Port­ time to San Francisco parties, she had a close call land, Gold Ship," Scott Eckberg writes of the ship while leaving Nanaimo, British Columbia, with a which brought fame, fortune and 11/2 short tons of cargo of coal and was nearly lost in a storm. Finally, gold to Seattle on 17 Jul 1897, setting off the gold the Portland was acquired by the Pacific Mail Steam­ stampede to the Yukon. She was built in 1885 at Bath, ship Company to operate between Panama and the Maine, as the SS Haytian Republic, entering service coffee ports. under the command of Capt. Compton on the New York/Hayti (later Haiti) run. Powered by a com? Then the ship was chartered by the North American pound reciprocating engine, the two-deck wooden Transportation and Trading Company for three runs vessel was 191 feet long. between Seattle and St Michael, Alaska Territory. In St. Michael, she supplied the steamboats which were Her firstyear s were in West Indies service and she provisioning company outposts along the Yukon had a turbulent career in the Caribbean. Lewis and River, including Dawson City. Picking up passen­ Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest tellsger s from the Yukon steamer Portus B. Weare, the that while running to Haiti during the Hippolyte Portland began her famous return trip from St. Rebellion, Capt. Compton sold a small brass cannon Michael to Seattle—due to arrive on 17 Jul 1897 with and some ammunition to the rebels. She was seized 11/2 short tons of gold (worth about $16.3 million at for that activity, but her release was forced by the US today's prices). government. One of the regime's gunboats tried to ram and sink her as she left the Port au Prince harbor; On its historic voyage, the SS Portland was under the those marks were still visible when she docked at command of Capt. William Kidston of San Fran­ Seattle on her historic trip. cisco, one of the best-known mariners on the Pacific Coast Kidston was born in Nova Scotia in 1862 and The Portland was purchased in 1889 by the Kodiak began sailing out of San Francisco on the steamship Packing Company and brought around the Horn to Grenada, first on the Panama route. He afterward be used in its cannery business, but she was too large was on the steamships San Jose, Colima, City of for this. After usd as a competitive steamship be­ Sydney, Australia and City of Tokio [Tokyo], He tween San Francisco and Puget Sound, in June 1892 took the City of Topeka north in the service of the she was chartered by Dunbar, Blum and Thompson Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and after leaving of Portland, Oregon, with an option to purchase. that company was on the steamers Farallon, Lakme That firm was operating as the Merchants' Steam­ and Emily. He was also connected with the steamers ship Company, supposedly carrying freight and Progreso and Homer. passengers between British Columbia and US ports from Puget Sound to the Columbia River. In reality, t There were 68 passengers on board the Portland illegal Chinese workers and shipments of opium when it docked in Seattle that July morning 100 years were being smuggled. ago. The following list was compiled from articles in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Press-Times of 17 After several costly financial disasters, the company and 18 Jul 1897. As might be expected, the accounts was forced to return her to the Northwest Loan & vary somewhat in the passengers' names and the Trust Company, which held the mortgage. Repeat­ amounts of gold/cash they had with them. The P-I edly seized and released during the smuggling-ring article was on a very faded microfilm, and its list was scandal, she was taken to Portland, confiscated and compiled by Beriah Brown on his tugboat rush back sold by the federal government to Sutton and Beebe, with the story (it was not complete, and lacked a West Coast transportation firm, for $16,000 and several names of steerage passengers). The Press- renamed the SS Portland. Again sold after a short Times version appears to be more detailed.

The 68 "ship of gold" passengers Amcher/Eucher, Cash—Swiss Anderson, Henry—from Sweden included (P-I = Seattle Post- ($8000). (well-known around Puget Intelligencer; P-T a Seattle Press-Anderson, C. (I) Sound;$45,000cash, sold claim). Times; RCMP « Royal Canadian Anderson, O (II) Anderson, J. Mounted Police): Anderson, C. (Mrs.) Bellinger, F. Page 116 Btmllt $mml®$wl gmtkiv SJulltfitl Spring 1997'

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Bergwin, Joe—Seattle (about Horne, Jack—Tacoma, Washing­ Ricotte, W.E.—Montreal, Canada $15,000; logger, partner to J.E. ton ($6,000; well-known former ($23,000 from nine years' work; Boucher). lightweight pugilist). not on P-I list), Berry, Clarence (Mrs.) (nee Ethel Jenkins, H.N.—(RCMP constable) Rienken, D. (Miss) [not on P-I list]: Bush)—Selma (near Fresno), [not on P-I list]. Rienken. A/ (Miss) [not onP-Ilist]. California. Johnson, J. Sedick, E. (Miss) Berry, Clarence—Selma (P-I Keller, Frank—Los Angeles (P-I Silverlock, C. $130,000 in gold/P-T$100,000;a $35,000 cash, sold daim/P-T Sims,W. bankrupt fruit farmer). $5O$0O). Sloan, William^-Nanaimo, British Blake, Richard H.—Dungeness, Kelly, M. Columbia (P-I$52,Q00 cash; sold Clallam Co., Washington (big Kelly, T J.—Tacoma (P-I $10,000/ claim/P-T $25,000); former dry- sack of nuggets). P-T $33,000; son was still at goods manager, partner to John Block, P. (Miss). ->. Yukon claim). Wilkinson). Boucher,J.E,—Wisconsin ($12,000; Lord, Victor—Olympia, Washing­ Stanley, William—Seattle (P-I partner of Joe Bergwin). ton ($10,000 from four years' nearly $90,000 in goid/P-T Branan, CA* • •• -.. work; old logging man). $112,000; went up in 1896 with Cazlais/Coylies, Joseph—Mon­ Loveland, CH. the Warren Brothers of New tana (about $20,000 for nine McKenzie, A. York; his son still at claim). .years' work; "drankup the rest"). McNulty, Ira—San Francisco Strickland, _ (Mrs.) ; Clements, J. J./O—Los Angeles ($21,000frointhreeyears' work). Strickland, _ (inspector, RCMP, ($50,0000). Mercer, N, .,'.'. en route to Ottawa on official Coteland/Cotelann, P. ($2,500). Mercier/Murcier, M JM—Shelton, business). Goylies ($ee Cazlais) Washington (not on P-I list), Strong, Bob—Port Townsend, Desroche[s?], J. Meyer, CE. V Washington (unclear if brother Dore, H.—formerly of Seattle Moffett, J, Tom was on board or at claim). , ..($3,000 fromthree years' work; Moran, Thomas—Montreal Suvoroff, S. (Miss) [not onP-I. list], •,.pld Puget'Sound logger). ($20,000 from five years' work). Telford, —(constable, RCMP). Engel, P.C.—{sergeant, RCMP)., Murder (see Mercier). Ticknor,R Eucher (see Amcher) Nelior, L. (Njgps) [not on P-T list]. Tutikoff, P. (Miss) [not on P-I list]; Fairburn, J.B. . Newbroofc'' (corporal RCMP). Weston, Sam—Seattle (business Finstean, O. ($65,000). Olsen, H. manager, Seattle P-I). Fobler, F. Picket, B.F. Wilkinson, John—Nanaimd, Brit­ Gage, Ely A. (Mrs.) (sister.of Ely Piscator, Frank—Baroda, Michi­ ish Columbia(P-I $40,000 cash/ Weare). gan, $96,027 (one of the discov­ P-T $25,000; held claims Nos. 14 Granthier,H. erers of the El Dorado District). and 15 on the Eldorado; sold No. Gray, A. Proteau, Henry—Frenchman, for­ 14; William"Sloan's partner).-'"v Hall,M. merly of ftjft. Vernon, Wash-., Worden, G.—probably Seattle, liatjerinan, J. ington ($3,000; discovered the.' partner of William Stanfe^r -:: ': Hayne, __ (sergeant, RCMP; had Klondifef). (The list does hot include IfireW -:c€laim:No.73). members.) What-happened to the "Ship of Gold" after its. his­ SOURCES toric trip? The SS Portland stayed in service, sailing to St. Michael and Nome during the 1899 Nome gold Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17Jul 1897. rush. In 1902 she was trapped in ice off St Michael Seattle Press-Times, 17 and 18 Jul 1897. for two months, drifting 600 miles before breaking free. The Alaska Commercial Company purchased Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis and her in 1906, for the southeast Alaska coastal run. On Dryden. 12Nov 1910, she struckanunchartedreef off Kaetalla, Marine History of the Pacific Northwesthy H.W. Alaska, and the "gold ship" was ultimately aban­ McCurdy. doned. After a long career, Kidston died in March The Historical Gazette, August 1986, "Gold Ship." 1912 aboard the Pennsylvania at Balboa, Panama. Other published accounts of the SS Portland. • Spring 1997 Sbwttllt $mmlmiui &mi&$ bulletin Page 117

BERIAH BROWN (18564939) Pioneer Pacific Northwest newspaperman

It was the enterprising newspaper reporter, Beriah The first Beriah Brown built a family homestead near Brown, who is credited with the "scoop of the cen­ Kingston, Rhode Island in 1688. Beriah Brown V was tury," when he was the first to cover the arrival of the not found in the index to the 1840 federal census of gold ship Portland into Puget Sound on 17 Jul 1897. Wisconsin, but in 1850 he and his family were living in Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin. They then moved His paper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, chartered the to Delafield. tugboat Sea Lion and dispatched Brown on to meet the ship off Port Townsend, at the head of Puget While living in Wisconsin, Beriah Brown V was sent Sound. Brown jumped on the rail of the tug as a line to Washington, DC, carrying that state's electoral whirled downfrom the decksof the Portland. Swing­ vote for the presidential election of 1852 when ing up the pilot's ladder, he was the first reporter on Franklin Pierce was elected. News came that Wil­ board and was met at the rail by Sam Weston, the P~ liam R. King, the successful vice-presidential candi­ I's business manager, who was a passenger. Brown date, had died, so the Electoral College agreed to was followed by reporters from three San Francisco vote Beriah Brown of Wisconsin into the vice-presi­ newspapers: the Examiner, the Chronicle, and the dency. However, the electors also agreed to wait Call. ; until the next day for the vote. During the night, word came that King was alive, but very ill. King was Brown interviewed as many of the miners as he elected, but did not survive until the inauguration. It could and then wrote Ms story as the tugboat rushed is ironic that the Browns settled in King Co., Wash­ back to Seattle, arriving in time for a special edition ington Territory, which was named for the same vice to hit the streets before the Portland docked. When president King. The country in 1986 was renamed, the ship arrived at Seattle's Schwabacher Wharf at again King Co., but to honor Martin Luther King. 7:15 that morning, it was greeted by thousands of spectators, many carrying a copy of the newspaper In 1862, when Beriah was 6, his family moved to with Beriah Brown's article covering the front page. California where his father worked in the newspa­ It was the most important story of his illustrious per field in both Stockton and San Francisco. They career. moved to Salem, Marion Co., Oregon, in 1867, and in 1869 Beriah began learning the printer's trade. The The Seattle Press Club called him the "dean of North­ family is fouhd in Salem in tine federal census taken west journalists." It is not surprising, for his family 4Junl870: ties to the news profession were strong. Three gen­ erations of the Brown family were newspapermen: Beriah Brown, 53, M, printer, b. Mew York. Beriah Brown's father, three brothers and a son. J. McH. [Jeannie], 42, F, keepshouse, b. Ireland. E.H.,17, M, b. Wisconsin. Professor Edmond S. Meany, noted Washington Beriah, Jr., 13, M, b. Wisconsin, f historian, described Brown: "This veteran newspa­ J.H., [James], 1/12, M, b. Oregon. perman has spent a natural lifetime of work on vehicles of publicity, but he has also a thorough The family also had a 20-year-old male Chinese acquaintance with the good reputation of the Puget cook, Chow, living with them. Sound clam. He knows a lot of good pioneer stories, While in Salem, Beriah Brown VI became Oregon but when it comes to telling of his own participation Territory's first appointee to the United States Naval in them he shuts right up and utters some curt Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to his gradu­ modem negative that closes the interview," ation in 1873, the cadet trained on the famous frigate Constellation. He resigned his commission immedi­ The pioneer newspaper reporter, editor, sailor and ately and returned to the Pacific Northwest, where lawyer was b. 28 Oct 1856 at Delafield, Waukesha his family had first moved to Olympia, Washington, Co., Wisconsin, as Beriah Brown VI. He was the son and then to Seattle. of Beriah Brown V (b. ca.l817New York) and Jeannie McHugh (b. ca. 1828 Ireland). Beriah Brown VI was He joined his father in the management of Seattle's thesixth in direct descentof American Beriah Browns. second daily newspaper, The Puget Sound Daily Dis- Page 118 fttattllt #£nmlogital Mtktp lifettetin Spring 1997

Beriah Brown, continued patch,, founded on 19 Sep 1872 with the pronounce­ now on the UCLA campus) and was bur. in Los ment that it would begin a campaign for "Christian Angeles. He was survived by his widow. decency." He used the paper as a forum to attack JohnPinnell,notoriousownerofthelllahee,abrothel, For a short time Beriah Brown VI had a homestead who had come from San Francisco's Barbary Coast near Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington. He is and was undisputed boss of Seattle's tenderloin found there in the federal census taken 8 Jun 1880 at district. The competing Intelligencer called Beriah V Twp. 28, Range 52:- "old Molly Brown" for his emotional written out­ bursts against Pinnell between 1873 and 1876, Beriah —Beriah Brown, Jr., M, 23, lawyer, b. Wisconsin, V was nominated for mayor in 1878. father b. New York, mother b. Ireland. —Lucy D., F, 22, b. Iowa, father b. Virginia, Beriah Brown VI left Seattle in 1877 and went to sea mother b. Illinois. as second mate on the barkentine Columbia, sailing —Mary E„ F, 1/12 [May], b. Washington Terri­ to Australia. After his arrival, he left the ship and tory.' worked his way back to Seattle by 1878 as a sailor on other vessels, traveling by way of Honolulu. He gave up his homestead when he w&ht to Coif ax,Whitman Co., Washington Territory, in 1886 When the Dispatch and the Intelligencer were consoli­ to found The Commoner. In the 1880 federal census dated, he worked on the Daily Intelligencer while he taken 17 Jun 1880, Ms parents and two brother^ are studied law. He was admitted to practice in 1879 and in Seattle: formed a partnership with Judge William H. White. When the Post was merged with the Intelligencer in —Beriah Brown [V], M, 65, editor, b. New York, 1881 to form the Post-Intelligencer, he started the father b. Rhode Island, mother b. Massachusetts. Daily Chronicle with Kirk C. Ward, W.M. Leach and —Jeannie McK,"F>'52, b. Ireland, father b. Ire­ Jud H. Andrews. This was later merged with the land, mother b. frd&nd. Press-Times, now The Smith Times, Seattle's other —James H., Mv 10, b. Oregon. daily newspaper today along with the P~L —Ashmun A., M, 7, b. WasMngtdn Territory. feiah BrownW was m. 18 Dec 1879 White River, The mother of the family, Jeannie McHugh Brown, Mrig Co., Washington Territory, Lucy Shinn, (b. d. 22 Nov 1893 Seattle at 65. Iowa to R.C. Shinn; d. 13 Mar 1903 Seattle at age 45). Theyhad six children:.,, . In 1889, Beriah and Ms family returned to King Go. where he founded yet another newspaper at Kent —Elizabeth Brown (Mrs. Norman P. Pearse of From 1889 to 1895, he practiced law with the firm Olympia and later Seeley, California). Crockett, Brown and Fortune. In 1895, he joined the —James DeK. Brown of Tacoma; became news editorial staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer where editor of the Tacoma Tribune, he worked until 1917. It was during tMs time that he -, • - —Margaret C. Brown (Mrs. Glaser of Olympia; reported perhaps Ms most-important story, the ar­ she had a daughter, Peggy Glaser). ' rival of the Portland on 17 Jul 1897. During Ms years —Beriah Brown, Jr. (VII) of Seattle; engineer at the P-I he was also western correspondent for .employed on King Co- road work, later moved to RMgeway*s Weekly, a national magazine. San Luis Obispo, California. —Nathaniel V. Brown, b. 6 Apr 1893 Seattle; m. For a few years he was involved in publicity and 14 Feb 1925 Ellensburg, Washington Marie Flynn (b. state government activity and then, in 1925, he pur­ 1901 in Ellensburg). Brown lived in Washington, chased the Island County Times at Coupeville, Island DC, and later was an attorney in Yakima, Washing­ Co., Washington, on WMdbey Island. He returned ton. They had a son, another Beriah Brown (b. 20 Sep to the practice of law in 1930. 1927 Yakima), —Ashmun A./N.? Brown of Olympia. Served in Beriah Brown d. only a few days after the death 1 World War II> member of the American Legion and Mar 1939 in Olympia of his 68-year-old brother, the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He d. in his 30s at the James H. Brown. James Brown, b, 1870 Salem, Qrg- government hospital at Sawtelle, California (a site (continued on page 121) Spring 1997 &eattlle Genealogical feoriet? bulletin Page 119 WHEN'S THE NEXT BOAT? HO! FOR THE YUKON! The steamer Al-Ki was scheduled to depart for Alaska "Seattle nerve and Seattle brawn will accomplish on Sunday, 18 Jul 1897, the day after the steamer much, and when another year swings around there Portland docked in Seattle carrying its "ton of gold" will be those who have helped to gamer the harvest and newly-rich miners fresh from the Klondike. of gold and who will tell of the adventures with the Within 24 hours of the Portland's arrival, the first satisfaction earned of success. The procession will be sMpgoingnorth, the Al-ki, was jammed with would- one of sMps loaded with buoyancy and the dreams be prospectors. of fortune, and with many these dreams will be a reality. It is best not to predict failure, for those who Seattle would never be the same again-—-the Klondike have started for the new field of human excitement gold rush had begun! and human emotions are entitled to all that they may obtain, but the unchangeable laws have established One reporter's account (in the melodramatic prose a line on one side of which stand those whose desti­ of the time) of the Ai-Ki's departure reflects the nies are as golden as their wishes, and on the other fervor of the day and describes the mood in Seattle that crowd always in the shadow. 100 years ago. Here are excerpts from his article in the next day's Seattle Post-Intelligencer of 19 Jul 1897: "The Al-ki was scheduled for 9 o'clock in the morn­ ing. The time was changed to 1 o'clock in the after­ OFF FOR THE KLONDIKE noon, and then the sMp waited for the last freight "QrieHhundred men took passage yesterday on the that was not stowed aboard until 5 in the evemng. Pacific Coast SteamsMp Company's steamship Al- Men who have worn the habiliments of civilization. Ki for Alaska. At 5 o'clock the lines were cast off, and . .crowded the upper decks arrayed in the nonde­ with hopes Mgh in their hearts, with cheers and script garments of the miner and the fortune hunter fluttering handkercMefs, these men answered the who brave the snow and ice of the Arctics. Several honest wishes for their Godspeed and safe return. months ago the same steamer that sailed north yes­ The steamer slowly drew out into the stream with terday brought down from Alaska 300 miners and her nose pointed up the bay. She dipped a courtesy prospectors fromth e Cook Inlet country. The freight to the throng onshore, and with her engines pusMng was one of disappointed hopes, few among the her gradually ahead, faster and faster, she circled many having earned their expenses. There were about opposite the city and started on her long stories of but limited success, and few talked of journey toward the land over which hangs a halo of returning to the inlet and its features—Sunset City, gold in the clear blue of the northern sky. Tumagin Arms and the other names familiar at the time—were soon forgotten. "On her upper decks there were many men well- known to Seattle. Men who have walked through the "It is but right that the Al-Ki should start away again business life of a teeming city; who have been iden­ ona voyageof redemption, with the prospects bright tified with its growth and development, and who and everytMng promising. When the Al-ki came, have watched it rise from its pile of ashes to the with a few who accounted themselves lucky early proud position it occupies in the world of commerce. last winter, their little hoards of dust and flakes of They are going to apply the same energy that have precious metal were looked at enviously even when (sic) helped make Seattle what it is to the carving out accompamed by the stories of the difficult landing, of new fortunes in the far north. For some success the freight and supplies left for the rising tide to awaits, and for the rest, what? cover, and all of the hardsMps of the brief campaign. The hundreds of others cursed their luck and the "Lured from a city that is on the tMeshold of an era country, and swore that they would never go north of great prosperity by the stories of the wealth that in search of the gold again. waits only for the hand to pluck it from the frozen ground they have gone onto join the caravan that is "Some of those who went yesterday were among the crossing the backbone of the continent into the people from Cook Inlet who came down last winter. Eldorado beyond. They stare the hardships and This time they have been encouraged to try again. privations of the journey squarely in the face and The little phials of dust and flakes have been re­ challenge fate to return them empty-handed—some placed in their minds' eyes by the cans and bags of of them will not return at all." golden nuggets. There was no deception, and the Page 120 &eattlU &mmlo$wl feorigty JMUfm Spring 1997

When1 s the next boat? continued banks of Seattle and the people who melt the nuggets 65 head of cattle and 30 head of horses... .There were into bars can attest the values of the Klondike 350 tons of general merchandise, mostly miners' supplies and their outfits. If the tilingsliste d in the "At 6 o'clock [a.mj many of those who were to freight lists were printed it would show a provision embark for the north were on the wharf perfecting against starvation that included every imaginable final arrangements. They wereaccompaniedbymany delicacy.. .much freshfrui t and vegetables figurea s friends, and by the timeth e steamer was due to sail items in the bills...." the wharf was crowded-... It was impossible to get a foothold on the wharf where the Al-Kilay. Adieus "Every inch of the Al-Ki cargo and passenger space had been said a dozen times but still the yawning was taken and those from Seattle made up 86 percent hatches swallowed the freight that went over the of the entire passenger list, while all of the freight sides in slings and nets. went from here. Other men will join the sMp at Port Townsend and Victoria." "Forward of the wheelhouse pens had beenbuilt for hdrses and cattle that were being sMpped, many of The folio wing are the names of the 85 Seattle passen­ them to go to the gold land to feed the miners during gers listed in the article (some names were difficult • the next long winter. In the forward hold there were to read and are followed by a question-mark; the more than 900 sheep, nearly all of wMch are to be names have been rearranged here in alphabetical driven over the divide. In the deck pens there were order):

Abemathy, R. Donahey,H.B. Hogren, B. (Mrs.) Mercoba[?],A, Allen, RJ. Duncan, H. Holden,B.R. Monnett, S. Arnesteryf?], James Ehewright/ Holland, J.B. Numan,G. [Newman?] Barrington, E.M. Enwright[?],E. Hopkins, E.S. Olson,. John Barter, J. Evans?, Robert Hughes, Annie Pepoin,R Bartey,J.E.(Mrs.) Faber, A.K. Hughes, John H. Pfeifer,C.H. Bennett, J.A. Farr,J.C Hursigh, P.I. Porter, Bert Boatman, J.C. Fish, A. Hutro[?],A. Raymond,HJR. ...-.,. Bon__J?],F. Flak,F. HyandJ. Raymond, |L . Bremer, Fred Getner, Joseph Jefferys,E.S.' Rods,J.R. Browne (Dr>) •• Gilmore, George F. Jolly, William Romine,JC •• Buck,AJB. Gilmore, P. A. Keenan,M. Schenck, Ralph Buck,EJL Goodrich, W.B. Keenan, Thomas Shanks, W.S. Burton, B.A. Gordon, Alice (Miss) Kelly, E.J. Smith, E.M. (Mrs.) Capfee?, E.D. Graham, J.A. KenneyJ.B. Stewart, Dan A. Christ, George Green, Joseph Little, L.R Tambell, A.E. Christensen, Thomas Hams, T.J. Marene[?],M. Waitt,RA. Coates,EH,' • Hendren, J.H, McElwain, Thomas Ward,D.W. Conner, F, Henneken, A. McFarrish, D.G. Ward,E.M. Coney, J.H. • Hill,W.H. McGlivery[?], D.A. Wilson, J.R. Dabbett,L.C Hill, W.H. (Mrs.) McLean, M. (Mrs,) Wood, Richard Deringer, A. Wright, J.

"Thirty-four of the above list went to Juneau, one scene looked like a fair. The goods were piled Mgh, went to Dduglas and one went to Wrangell; 30 of the the crowds jostled and swayed. Red-sMrted, sweat­ remainder went to Dyea, and 20 went to Skagway. ing men pushed trucks loaded with boxes and bags. It only needed the braying of a brass band. "While the steamer was taking on her freighti t was necessary to stretch lines to prevent the crowd from "In secluded corners men and women sat talking in choking up the gangways when the crew and long­ low tones, holding each other's hands. In one place shoremen were loading. In the great warehouses the a man sat unnerved. His wife's arms were about Ms Spring 1997 ^tmllt ^tmult^td Mtitt? ^Bulletin Page 121

When's the next boat? continued. neck, her head was on Ms shoulder and she was 'The first class accommodations of the steamer sobbing, He was going to Alaska and leaving her Queen, wMch sails next Friday, have all been taken, beMnd. Their baby boy stood beside his mother/Ms so have those of the Portland, wMch sails for St. tiny hand clutcMng her dress. His big eyes were Michael's [sic] tomorrow. The Pacific Coast Steam- wide open watching the scene of excitement, oblivi­ sMp Company has already sold many reservations ous of the path of separation. He tried to drag Ms for the Mexico wMch goes north next Sunday, and mother to the sunlight, where the men were talking many places have been taken for the same steamer loudest, but she only clung the closer. from San Francisco...."

"As the shadows grew long it ended. The taking on According to H.W. McCurdy's Marine History of the of cargo was completed. Hoarse voices directed the Pacific Northwest, the small wooden steamer Al-Ki, casting off of lines, and the echoes of the din of a few of 1,200 gross tons had been built in in 1884 in Bath, moments before were lost among the beams and Maine, for the coastal coal trade. She was 201 feet rafters of the building. As the Al-ki slowly pulled long, 22 feet 7inches in breadth of beam and had a 16- away from the dock, straining at her bow line so as foot-deep hold. She possessed stateroom accommo­ to clear the Puebla> wMch lay partly across the slip, dations for 50 passengers. • -•;.?; the people on board sent up a cheer: Hurrah for the The Al-Ki, wMch left the Oregon Improvement Dock Klondike! and the crowd on the dock answered back on 18 July, was followed by the Portland on 20 July, with its good-byes and hopes for luck of the adven­ the Queen on 23 July and the Mexico on 25 July. The turesome ones. The last line was cast off, and the Al- schooner Moonlight of the Ocearang Packing Com­ Ki was free to go on her journey. Handkerchiefs were pany left on 27 July with 50 miners jammed aboard, waved, and then it was all over. Women with tear- in addition to her regular cargo for St. Michael, and stained faces hurried through the crowd: the hand­ the City of Topeka from Seattle and the Islander from kerchiefs that were waved adieu were pressed to Vancouver/British Columbia, on 28 July. All depar­ aching eyes. The careless, respected the grief of those tures were "scenes of tremendous excitement and who felt the going away and stepped aside. enthusiasm." •

Beriah Brown, continued from page us gon, was brought to Olympia the same year by Ms Sound fromth e SS Eagle No. 57.. .a half mile off the parents. Heals© wasapioneer newsman—connected mouth of the Lake WasMngton SMp Canal. The flags with several p&peTS,mdudingTheSeattlePre$s-Times,wer e lowered to half staff. Eight bluejackets pointed Tacoma Ledger, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Buttethei r rifles toward the western horizon and fired Evening News and the Morning Olympian—as well as three volleys over the drifting ashes of one of the first an insurance agent. He served 40 years as state Naval Academy graduates fromOregon . The sMp's legislative correspondent for The Argus, a Seattle bell that had tolled throughout the service ceased weekly. He is bur. in Oiympia's Masonic Cemetery abruptly." and was survived by Ms widow and a son, as well as Ms two brothers. Their youngest brother, Ashmun SOURCES of WasMngton, DC, survived them both. Beriah Brown obituaries. According to & Seattle Daily Times article on his Costello Scrapbookb, Seattle Public Library. funeral service: "Beriah Brown's ashes given to the sga he always loved." It continued, "A gull dipped Sons of the Profits by William Spiedel. o*it of a leaden sky as if in salute as Lieut. Comdr. Living Pioneers of Washington by Professor Edmond John S. Mark, commanding the 2nd Division, 1st S. Meany. Battalion, Naval Reserve, bared Ms head and in­ Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Alaska Statehood Section, toned the words of a prayer.. .the ashes of Beriah 29 Oct .1958. Brown. . .were scattered over the waters of Puget Federal census records. • Pagel22 JbesttlU ^twalogital feetietp fiulUtin Spring 1997

ROBERT W. SERVICE (1874-1958)

KnoWn as the "Sourdough Poet", Robert William guitar and the accordion. Described as slender and Service is well-known for his robust poems and ruddy-checked with a shy and retiring nature, he novels that describe the people and places of the never lost the Scottish burr in his voice. north and the Yukon gold rush. Despite Ms arrival in the Yukon well after the Klondike gold rash of 1897 Service is best known for Ms poem "The Shooting of i?_ and 1898, Ms vivid descriptions capture the essence Dan McGrew" wMch was included in Ms book of of the Klondike experience and poems, Songs of a Sourdough, focused on the gold, saloons published in 1907 and repub­ and prospectors. His writing, THE TRAIL OF '98 lished in 1908 as the Spell of Influenced byte the Yukon. He estimated .this, Gold! We leaped from our benches, , Rudyard Kipling, became im- poem alone earned him Gold! We sprang from our stools. .mensely popular. $500,000, This was followed Gold! we wheeled in the furrow, by other volumes of poetry: Service was .bom in Preston, Fired with the faith of fools. Balkds of a Cheechaco, Rhymes LancastersMre, England 16 Jan Fearless, unfound, unfitted, of a Rolling Stone, Ballads of a Far from the night and the cold. 1874. He was taken to Scotland' Bohemian and Bar-Room Bal­ Heard we the clarion summons, by his parents when he was 6 lads. Followed the master-lure—Gold! . v years old and was educated at Hillhead public school and He left Canada and became a Men from the sands of the Sunland; then the University of war correspondent for the men from the woods of the west, j- Glasgow. He served an ap~ Toronto Star in the Balkans in Men from the farms and the cities, £:. prenticesMp with the Com- 1912-13, and was a Canadian rw^mercial Bank of Scotland, but into the Northland we pressed. Army ambulance driver in lound banking to be dull and Graybeards and striplings and women, WorldWarLThedeathofMs Good men and bad men and bold; i. ::.jjeft the British.Isles in search of brother,Lt. Albert Service,led adventure. Leaving our homes and our loved ones, to Ms book, Rhymes of a Red •••"' Crying exultantly—"Gold!" . Cross Man. Albert had been in •—He •immigrated . in 1894 to —Robert Service the Canadian Infantry in Canada and arrived in Los World War I and was killed Angeles about 1895. For a de­ in action in France in August cade he wandered up and down the western coast of 1916. Robert Service also served as ah int€?lligence ....North America, working at a variety of jobs and officer with the Canadian Army. writing as fie traveled.

v Service also wrote novels: The Trail of '98, published ~yc.v- •• • • " "I wanted to become a cowboy or a hobo," he later in 1910; TheRoughneck, Poison Paradise and The House explained. '1 worked digging a tunnel and picking of Fear, as well as the autobiographical Ploughman of *'' granges, anytMng to pick up a few dollars." He went the Moon and Harper ofHmoen. to Vancouver Island and tried farming for a while before he finally returned to banking in 1905, as a His other most-famous poem, 'The Cremation of clerk in Victoria, British Columbia. He remained Sam McGee," was based on a real character whose there for some.time. true name has been lost. It recounts the story of a i; ; prospector who froze to death on the trail and was • ' ."••'. \ J The lure of the Klondike gold strikes and the colorful cremated in the boiler room of the stern-wheel stories from this historic period led him to obtain a steamer the Alice May, wMch was abandoned on transfer in 1906 to the Yukon Territory as a clerk for Lake Laberge (near WMtehorse, Yukon Territory). the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at WMtehorse Supposedly, when they checked to see if he was : and then at Dawson. The cabin in which Service done the prospector was sitting up with a smile on lived from 1909 to 1912, up on a side Mil in Dawson Ms face and claiming, "Since I left Plumtree down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm." Mf4s preserved.as a museum and is a popular tourist attraction where visitors can listen: to recitations of some of Service's most-famous poems. WMle living Service had heard the story from Dr. Sugden, with there, he pursued Ms music hobby, playing the whom he shared Ms cabin in WMtehorse. Both were Spring 1997 g»eattllie @ettMegtai llodtt? bulletin Page 123 COOPER & LEVY, PIONEER OUTFITTERS First Avenue and Yesler Way (1892)

Aaron and Esther Levy came to Seattle in 1889 from was about to arrive, they were smart enough to get Idaho. In 1892, their eldest son, Louis Levy, and Ms two advertisements for their store prominently brother-in-law, Isaac Cooper, who had married Eliza­ placed on the frontpag^of the SeattlePost-Intelligehcer beth Levy, joined Aaron in opening a retail and mail­ that day that announced the Portland's arrival. order grocery, hardware and woodenware business under the name Cooper & Levy. The first ad read: "KLONDYKE™Don't get excited The 1892 Seattle City Directory shows Cooper & and rush away half-prepared. You are going to a Levy as wholesale and retail grocers and commis- country where grub is more valuable than gold and sionmerchant at 115 West Marion between West and frequently can't be bought for any price. We can fit Front Streets. (Front is now First Avenue.) you out quicker and better than any firm in town. We have had lots of experience and know how to pack By the Klondike gold rush of 1897, the business was and what to furnish." situated at 104-106 First Avenue South in the Olym­ pic Block structure. The building, at the southeast The second ad, right under the first, featured corner of First Avenue South and Yesler Way, col­ lawnmowers, eggs, butter and dairy goods—but lapsed in 1972 and the site now is occupied by a also inquired: "Going camping? Take a look at those modem building. Historian Paul Dorpat relates in Folding Camp Beds at $2.15 each." It reminded Ms Seattle Now and Then that Cooper & Levy "sup­ everyone: "Store Open Until 9 O'clock Tonight." plied a variety of bulk goods from rolled oats to com cob pipes to lumber camps, rural retailers and the The Cooper & Levy catalog for 22 Nov 1897 featured slim but steady stream of gold seekers heading into a variety of products, including Cooper Levy coffee, Canada and Alaska throughout the mid-1890s " home repair kits and "camping out" furniture such as 8x10 wall tents for$4.7 5 and 10x12 tents for $6.50. When the ton-of-gold sMp Portland arrived on 17 Jul The catalog noted: "Going to the Gold Fields?—If so, 1897, Cooper and the Levy family were set to make better send for our supply list for 'One Man For One their own gold-rush fortune. Hearing the gold ship Year' [that was the amount of supplies required by

Robert Service, continued close friends of W.S. "Sam" McGee, who also lived in before the Germans demolished most of the French WMtehorse. According to the real McGee, "Service channel ports as the Nazis swept down the Brittany wanted to use Sugden's name as that of the victim, coast. He lost a 40,000-word manuscript he was but you can't rhyme Sugden with much. So he used working on and left beMnd two other completed mine—poetic license, he called it." The real McGee novels in a safety-deposit box in Nice. His last years had gone to WMtehorse in 1898, stayed there 11 were spent in France with Ms wife in the little town years and then returned to the States, settling in of Lancieux on the Brittany coast where they lived on Great Falls, Montana. In Montana, he worked as a Robert Service Street. He d. of a heart attack there on contractor for the Highway Department and helped 11 Sep 1958 at the age of 84. to build the AlCan Highway in 19^2-43. McGee often.. went back to the Yukon where he still had mining According to Ms obituary, Robert Service used to interests and died in Great Falls in 1946. joke that Ms poetry had been recited in more bar­ rooms than any other author's works. After World War I, Service lived in France for most of the rest of Ms life although he retained his British SOURCES citizensMp. His other favorite home was in Califor­ Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 19 Oct 1958/"Poet Service nia. He was caught in Russia at the outbreak of Captured Spirit of Gold Rush Day&." World War II while en route to France through Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Robert Service obituary. Poland. In 1940 Service, Ms wife and daughter, Iris, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography by Dan L. Thrapp. fled from France, catcMng a boat for England just Robert W. Service, Microsoft Encarta 95,1994. • Page 124 = fttsttllt 0tmul^kul ftocfety IMlttti! Spring 1997

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the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to enter Yukon eral manuscripts in Hebrew, One is a memorial to a Territory], It represents the Best Outfit that you can Joseph Levy and the other is a marriage contract procure. EyerytMng carefully packed by Experi­ datingfroml835withthepaym^^ enced Packers. All we require is a few moments' and one signer is "Goldman." notice. C^dper & Levy—Wholesale and Retail Gro­ cers" It is not known exactly when Aaron Levy came to the United States, but as a young man he made Ms way Cooper & Levy would become the leading outfitter to California when the region was "still a land of " for prospectors going north to the Yukon gold rush. mining camps and villages," according to the family According to Dorpat, local merchants had sold narrative..He is not found in the 1850 California. $325,000 within the first month of the Portland's census, but sometime during the 1850s he settled in' arrival and Cooper & Levy had a "good percentage" French Gulch, Shasta Co., California (located on the of it. He ftirther notes that its "professionally packed" old California and Oregon pack trail.) This historic supplies included yellow com meal, whole peas, old mining town on Clear Creek was established by- dried lentils, lanterns, lye, summer sausage and French miners who came over the Trinity Mountains, sleds. ' •*• about 1849. The WasMngton Quartz Mining Com­ pany of 1851 has the'distinction of being the first' The first 1898 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly mine ever patented in California. It was orginally carried an ad vertisment for the pioneer outfitters: "If called "Morrowville" after H.B. Morrow, a miner, you must go to the Alaska goldfield, you must have and its first store, built by Frederick Frank in 1854, a good outfit properly packaged in specially pre­ was destroyed by fire inl856. The area was booming pared packages. If not it will be ruined in transit. We with a number of gold-mining companies in the have sold more outfits than any other firm in Seattle. 1850s when Aaron Levy would have arrived. Probably- it is because we have the reputation of furnishing the very best goods and employ profes­ Esther Newman Levy was b. 5 Oct 1839 Prague, sional packers." Cooper & Levy also promised to Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) to Isaac Newman send a "supply list for'on e man for one year' show­ and Elizabeth _, both, also-b. in Bohemia. (Some ing weight and cost forarticle s and an excellent map censuses show her as being from Austria, however of the Alaska route" They also offered to receive and that reference is to the old Austro-Hungarian Em­ hold all mail for the prospectors. pire.) About 1846, when Esther was 7, her family moved to New York where she was reared and In 1903, having acquired a fortune during the gold- educated. They then moved to San Francisco. Her rush boom, Cooper and the Levy brothers sold out to father, a rabbi, served in Sacramento Co., California, another pioneer business—the Bon Marche, the now- and later in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he died. • regional department-store chain. The three owners then retired from the merchandising business and In 1859, Aaron Levy of French Gulch and Esther pursued other careers. [Note: some Mstorians give Newman were married at Pratf s 'Hall on Kearney the sale date as 1901; however, the Cooper/Levy Street in San Francisco (her obituary says 1860). They; papers indicate it was 1903,] are found at French Gulch on the federal census- taken 29 Jun 1860: : Some chroniclers of the Klondike gold" rush indicate the "experienced packers" of Cooper & Levy never ' r A. -Levy, M, 34, merchant, b, Poland, $1000 went to the Klondike, implying they perhaps did not of real estate, $2000 of personal estate. really know what they were doing. The Levy family Ester [Esther], F, 18, b. Bohemia. Mstory re veals a far-different story. WMle theystayed Julia Newman, F,-.15, b. Bohemia [Esther's' in Seattle during 1897-1898, the Levys had previ­ sister, possibly]. ously been merchants and suppliers to miners in California, Alaska and Idaho during the years before The rest of Esther's family is found in Center Twp., ' their arrival in WasMngton Territory. Sacramento Co., California on 2 Jul 1860: Isaac Newman, M, 57, farmer, b. Bohemia, Aaron Levy was b. 15 Feb 1826 Germany (Polish $200 of real estate, $200 of personal estate. Prussia). The city of Ms birth and the names of Ms Elizabeth, F, 50, wife, b. Bohemia. • parents are not known. In the Levy papers-are sev­ Mary, F, 20, b. Bohemia. Spring 1997 ftcattUt teaslofffcsl §Mikt? bulletin Page 125

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Rosa, F, 13, b. New York. ington Territory. It was only one year after CMef Aaron, M, 2, b. California, Joseph led Ms warriors during the Nez Perce War only a few miles away, June-October, 1877. This area Next door is: served as a busy crossroads forfarmer s and miners. Solomon Newman, M, 23, farmer, b. Bohemia. Aaron settled in what would later become Genesee, Latah Co., Idaho Territory, just south of Moscow, In the federal census taken 12 Jul 1870, only Isaac, near the Washington border, Latah Co. was formed Solomon and Aaron are listed, residing in Brighton from Nez Perce Co, in 1888 and the town of Genesee Twp., Sacramento Co., California. dates from May 1888 when it became the terminus of the Palouse branch of the Northern Pacific Railway. Living in French Gulch for several more years, Aaron It would become an important shipping point forth e Levy operated a general-merchandise store as well rich agricultural area. Until 1876, the population of as having a very successful gold mine. Their first the entire Palouse was only about 2,000, but by 1880 three children—Louis, Elizabeth and Mina—were it had increased to 7,000. Aaron Levy opened the first bom there. The family moved to San Francisco when general-merchandise store in the area. Prior to that it became apparent that their gold mine was worked time, far-off Walla Walla, WasMngton Temtpry,, out. They built a home at Fifth and Howard Streets, was the main market and supply point; Lewisto% to then in the heart of the residential district, but did not the south, was closer but its prices were much-more remain in the city very long. expensive. Sometime during 1866 or later, they moved to Sitka, He soon sent for his family, and Aubrey Levy was in southeast Alaska. Aaron Levy opened a general- bom near Genesee in 1879. On 7 Jun 1880, the family merchandise store and operated a brewery there. is found in Twp. 37, Nez Perce Co., Idaho Territory: Family records indicate that the family was in Sitka on 18 Oct 1867 when Russia transferred ownership Levi [Levy], Aaron, 51, retail grocer, b. Po­ of Alaska to the Urated States in ceremonies at land, parents both b. Poland. Sitka's Castle Hill. Esther, 36, keeping house, b. Bohemia, par­ ents both b. Bohemia. The Levys were concerned about their cMldren's Louis, 19, clerk in store, b. California. future and felt that that the educational opportuni­ Lizzie, 17, at home, b. California. ties on the remote Alaskan frontier were inadequate. Eugene, 2, at home, b. Idaho [actually San Louis was sent to the Bishop Scott Military Academy Francisco]. in Portland, Oregon, and Lizzie was sent back to San Aubrey, 11/12, at home, b. Idaho, Francisco, where she lived with the Dusenberry family until her family returned. She graduated It is apparent that the family had done well in their from Girls'High School in 1880. financial endeavors. Six weeks after the devastating Seattle fire of 6 Jun 1889, the Levy family, except for The family remained in Alaska for several years but Louis and lizzie, moved to Seattle where Aaron then moved back to San Francisco where Aaron built the Idaho block at the northeast comer of Fifth Levy put up a business building on the comer of Avenue and Pike Street. The structure remained Fillmore and Sutter Streets, and a home adjoining it until 1914 when it was torn down and replaced by on Sutter. This must have been prior to 1870 since the Coliseum Theater, now on the National Register they are not found in the Sitka area in 1870, or of Historic Places and recently transformed to retail anywhere else in Alaska according to the 1870-1907 uses. The Idaho block was thefirstbusinessstracture census index. Their daughter, Mina, died in San in the area and Levy built a large apartment on the Francisco in 1875, and their son, Eugene, was bom second floor with a private entrance at 1504 Fifth two years later in 1877. Avenue, according to the 1891 Seattle City directory. Leaving San Francisco in 1878, Aaron Levy went Louis stayed in Genesse for a few years, continuing alone to Nez Perce Co. in the north-central part of Ms fathers merchantile business but was in Seattle Idaho Territory, hear the southeast corner of Wash­ by the 1892 Seattle City Directory. In the 1892 King Pagel26 'J&£3ttU& ®$ftf®lQPC#l fedtifcf? IfMtftfcS Spring 1997

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Co., WasMngton, state census, the Levys are found Louis was also one of the founders of Cooper & in Seattle's 5th Ward, and A. Levy, age 64, is listed as Levy and remained in Seattle until 1907 when he a "capitalist?' No age is given forEsther , "Lewis" is went to San Francisco to live. The Levya.are. not 28, Eugene 14, and Aubrey 12. found in the 1910 California soundex fortha t federal census. In 1915, at the death of his sister Lizzie, and Shortly after the census was taken, Isaac and Eliza­ on 9 Jan 1920, for the federal census, he resided at beth Levy Cooper moved fromFarmington,WMtman 3112 WasMngton, San Francisco. In the census, he is Co., WasMngton Territory, to Seattle. The entire shown as age,',58 and Ms wife as 40, and they are family remained at the Fifth Avenue apartment suite living alone with their Irish servant* Kate Lyons. until after Aaron .'Levy's death, and then the ex­ tended Cooper-Levy families moved into a palatial Louis and Ms wife were in Seattle at the bedside home on Seattle's First Hill at 1104 Minor Avenue, of Ms mother when she died in 1920. He still was on the northeast comer of Minor and Spring Street. living in San Francisco in 1945 at the death of Ms brother, Aubrey. He had died by 16 Sep 1953 when Aaroii Levy organized the first Reformed Jewish Ms widow came to Seattle to attend anniversary congregation in Seattle in 1889—Congregation honors in memory of her mother-in-law, Esther. It is Cha veth Sholom at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street, probable that they had no children as the obituaries a congregation wMch in 1899 became Temple De for Ms sister and brothers do not mention surviving Hirsch. It was "the social place to be," according to Meces or nephews, and Esther Levy's obituary, does Howard Droker, who has researched the Mstory of not mention having grandchildren. Seattle's Jewish community. Aaron was its treasurer and one of the trustees. He was also one of the ---Elizabeth "Lizzie" Levy, b. Nov 1867, French trusteesrwho purchased the site for the Hills of Gulch, Shasta Co., California (there are questions Eternity Cen^teiy, ad joining Mt. Pleasant Cemetery about her birth year: the 1900 census gives it as 1867, on Queen Anne Hill. her 1915 obituary :says she died at 59, so her birth year would have been 1856, and her tombstone says Aaron Levy d. 21 Oct 1893 at Ms Seattle home and, in 1862); m. 25 Oct 1886 Genessee, Idaho Territory, accordance with Ms request, was removed to Cali­ Isaac Cooper (a co-founder of Cooper & Levy); she d, fornia for burial beside his daughter, Mina, in the 5 May 1915 Oakland, California, of a heart attack; Home of Peace Cemetery in San Francisco. Esther bur. Hills of Eternity, Seattle. ' " ' Levy d. 7 Jul 1920 Seattle, and was buried with her —Mina "Minnie" Levy, b. 1866 French Gulch husband and daughter. Their son, Louis Levy, prob­ and d. 4 Dec 1875 San Francisco....-. ; ably was buried with them as well (Most, if not all, old San Frarlcisco cemeteries were removed from the —Eugene Levy, b. 7 Oct .1877 San Francisco- city proper at least 60 or so years ago, with most (1900 census gives birth year as 1878, but tombstone reburials in Colma, south of the city, a large area and death certificate say 1877); d. 7 Mar 1970 Seattle. composed of many cemeteries and with very few He lived at 1100 University Street for a number of living residents.) years, and apparently was m. three times: It appears there was an early marriage to a Memorial crypts for both Aaron and Esther also are Vivian __ and a subsequent divorce. TMs infbrma- located in the Hills of Eternity mausoleum in Seattle, tioh is not usually included by biographers nor is it where the rest of the Levys are entombed, along with revealed in the Cooper and Levy family papers. many other prominent pioneer Seattle Jewish fami­ However, the 1920 Seattle City diiectory lists "Eu­ lies. The Coopers are buried on the grounds of the gene Levy (Vivian), Orpheum Theater, h[ome] 615 Seattle cemetery. Boren." TMs would make Eugene Levy the "di­ vorced" partner mentioned in the 1930s when Eu­ Aaron and Esther Levy had five cMldren: gene and Aubrey Levy and Isaac Cooper established the Cooper and Levy Trust to perpetuate the names —Louis Levy, b. Nov 1864. French Gulch; m. of' Mrs. Esther Levy and Mrs. Lizzie Cooper. All Edith_ (b. Nevada ca. 1880 of German parents); d. three men made out their wills to charitable organi­ ttetween 1945 and 1953, probably in San Francisco. zations. ''t-:""A Spring 1997 Bmiillt Genealogical feedety bulletin Page 127

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Eugene m.2 25 Nov 1945 Ruby Dorothy He became a succesful lawyer, and was charac­ Cowdeh>y (b. 2 Dec 1892 Vancouver, British Colum­ terized as a man of few words, retiring and intro­ bia, Canada, of English extraction; a divorcee she spective. He served as president of B'nai B'rith. In had a daughter, Patricia Connell, b. 1913-d. 1930, the early days of immigration of the Sephardic Jews from m.l). Ruby became a US citizen 17 Nov 1910, to Seattle, he used his skills as a Spanish linguist to and Kad lived in Seattle since 1912. Just two days assist the newcomers as they joined members of the prior to her marriage to Eugene, she adopted the German and Eastern European Jewish communities Jewish faith. She d. 31 Jul 1948, foundi n her apart­ wMch had arrived earlier. Unlike the German fami­ ment at the Exeter Hotel—leas than three years after lies who were Seattle's earliest Jewish pioneers, the her marriage to Eugene. She was survived by four Sephardic arrivals were from Rhodes and Turkey brothers^ Leonard, Arthur, Stanley and Leslie and spoke Ladino, a form of Spanish, instead of the Cowderoy and a lister, Mrs. Robert McCallum. Notes German-based Yiddish. from her memorial service indicate she had been a good companion to her husband after the deaths of About 1945, Aubrey Levy suffered a nervous Ms brother, Aubrk^r, and Ms brother-in-law, Isaac breakdown. He wasdepressed over Ms illhealth and Cooper, in 1945. was also very despondent over the recent death of Isaac Cooper, id whom he was deeply attached and In 1950, Eugene m.3 Madeline (Tilton) Simmons whom he considered to be mori* like a father instead (b. ca. 1877 Tacoma, WasMngton; a singer who had of a brother-in-law. He committed suicide at tite age performed locally, in Italy and in Scotland; d. 14 Mar of 66 by leaping fromth e fifth floor of the Olyihpic 1966). She was survived by Eugene and two daugh­ Hotel (where he had lived for 14 years) as hoffilied ters from a previous marriage: Patricia Simmons spectators watched Mm dangling from a ledge TM& (Mrs. WalterVeMno of Seattle)and Rowena Simmons day before Ms death, Ms brother Eugene had left for (Mrs, Raymond Stokes of San Francisco, later of Alaska and had engaged a nurse, Mrs, Beulah A. Armstrong, British Columbia); a sister, Miss Mary Cole, to care for Mm. Musson of North Vancouver, British Columbia, and two1 grandsons.' • Rabbi Levine'seulogy at Aubreyf s funeral noted, "We shall never know whether tMs tragedy was one Eugene had come to Seattle with his parents in of self-destruction in a moment of despondency or 1889. He was known as the "Motion-Picture Theater an accident Occasioned by illness and dizzy spells King of the Northwest," opening the Circuit Theater from wMch he suffered in recent months. I like to at Second Avenue and Marion Street in 1908. He tMnk that his death was an accident." However, his opened about six other theaters in Seattle and also obituary indicates he left a suicide note and several had theaters in Spokane and Tacoma. In the 1912 letters of instruction to his attorney, Seattle city directory he is listed as proprietor of the Circuit and ExMbit Theaters, and manager of the Isaac Cooper, b. 7 Feb 1857 ftfew York City to Marum Grand Opera House. By 1918, he had 23 theaters in (also known as Marion) Cooper and Clara Kteih WasMngton and Oregon. He also was in the real (both b. Germany and immigrated to New York by estate business. 1850); m.l 25 Oct 19%, Genessee, Idaho Territory, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Levy (see above); he d. 3 May 1945 Seattle. —Aubrey Levy, b. 10 Jun 1879 in Genesee, Nez Perce Go. (later Latah Co.), Idaho Territory; never The Cooper papers contain an illuminated deed, married; d. 21 Jul 1945. dated 1 February 1869, for the sale of two pew§ to Marum Cooper at Temjple Emanuel, Fifth Avenue By the age of 15 Aubrey Levy had received and 43rd Street, New York City. The family is found national recognition as a composer. An accomplished at 56 Seventh Street in New York in the 1880 census: violiMst, he formed the first orchestra at the UMver­ sify of Washington wMlea student. He wasawarded Marum Cooper, head, 66, b. Prussia, no occupa­ a gold medal as the university's champion speaker tion. and winner of the state oratortical contest. He gradu­ Clara, wife, 50, b. Prussia. ated with Mgh scholastic honors, earning a PM Beta Celia, dau., 30, b. New York. Kappa key. Jacob, son, 24, b. New York, bookkeeper. Page 128 •i&miXli ®enealagkal Society JMliita Spring 1997

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Samuel, son, 23, b. New York, sMrtmaker. Isaac Cooper died in 1945 at Ms home at the Camlin f\ tsa£ Wet, son, 22, b. New York, bookkeeper. Hotel, Seattle, where he had resided for 16 years. He *-L ; Leopold, son, 21, b. New York, actor. is buried next to his firstwife , Lizzie, at the Hills of ew; > Joseph, son, 20, b. New York, merchant.- Eternity Cemetery, Seattle. Makrice; 'son, 19, b. New York, law studies. Moses, brother, 63, b. Prussia, no occupation. Isaac Cooper's will also mentions Ms late brother, Charles Emahuel, s-in-law, 31, b. Prussia, sales- Samuel Cooper, who was to receive $12,000; deorge ';:m::mah. ; Cooper (probably a nephew), $10,000, or, in the case Mark [EmaWiM], grandson, 4, b. Connecticut of George's death, his only son, Allen George Coo­ per (a grand-nephew) would inherit; Ralph Cooper •*& The names "Sarah, age 33" and "Louisa," no age, (a nephew) of Kingston, New York, $10,000, and were located just after Clara's name and crossed out. Raymond Cooper, $5,000 (Ms relationship to Isaac is One of these may have been Charles Emanuel's not defined). Neither Samuel nor George were alive a deceased wife and an older sister to Isaac Cooper. nm when the will was probated. Other family members "The'family'also had two servants. found in the 1880 census are not mentioned. bii Isaac Cooper came to the Northwest at the age of 27, h.S3in about 1884. He went into the general-merchandise - < business at Farmington, WMtman Co, Washington Esther Levy had organized Seattle's first Jewish jfej •Territory, which was located about 40 miles from welfare society on 17 Mar 1892 at CMsholm Hall, ett Gen&see where the Levys lived. He remained there Ninth Avenue and Yesler Way, when she called 3.f*T until coming to Seattle in 1892* Isaac Cooper retired together 37 women to form the Ladies' Hebrew tc about 1903 after the sale of Cooper & Levy. During Benevolent Society (later, the Jewish Family and World War I, he was active in charities and in Seattle CMld Service). It was dedicated to assisting needy housing problems. He was a long-time member of families. The first charter was signed by 55 women Temple De Hirsch, the Seattle Chamber of Com- & and after incorporation papers were signed 7 Mar merce, and B'nai B'rith. Before his retirement, he was 1893, Esther Levy became its first president, serving also a director of the old Dexter Horton Bank. until 1900. Her daughter, Lizzie Cooper, became the In April 1915, Isaac and Lizzie Cooper, Eugene Levy, second, serving for 15 years until her sudden death. and Lizzie and Eugene's mother, Esther Levy, trav­ el eled to San Francisco for the Pan Pacific Exposition Memorials honoring tMs effort note that "Esther, the and for a reumon dinner at the Hotel Oakland with daughter of a rabbi, was reared in the Jewish tradi­ Louis, whom they had not seen for some time.Afte r tion wMch regarded helping the less-fortutiateasthe dinner, they were all walking back to the Southern prime duty of the Jew.Tte word for charity in Pacific Depot to catch the ferry back to San Francisco Hebrew is the same as the word for righteousness. when Lizzie collapsed, dying of a heart attack in There is no truer way to express the love of'God. than vd Oakland 5 May 1915. by o# love and helpfulness to His cMldien who need our help...." On 24 May 1921, in CMcago, Illinois, Isaac Cooper signed a pre-nuptial agreement with Hattie G. Now retired and financially well-to-do, Esther and Guthman just prior to their marriage. It limited her her daughter, Lizzie Levy Cooper, continued to de­ to the sum of $50,000 at Ms death. When Isaac vote themselves to charity work, Seattle Times col­ ^Cooper's assets were distributed when he did die, umnist Byron Fish wrote, years later, "Their work o she waslivingcareof R.E. Guthman, 1380 Hyde Park followed an international tradition which reached a >^ iBlvd., CMcago, Illinois. They may have been sepa- peak in the United States, especially during the late ^nated since Isaac's will indicates that Hattie was 1800s, when immigration was open and America living in CMcago; however, they were still married was the refuge for the poor and homeless.... Jewish when he died. Her date of death is unknown. Next to welfare societies have had a remarkable record for the Levys in the Hills of Eternity mausoleum are an keeping Jews off relief rolls, even during depres­ OtioGuthman(1870-1948)andHildaGuthman(1884- sions. So the dedication of Mrs. Levy ahd Mrs. Coo­ 1965), but it is not known if, or how, they might be per was something that perhaps has no exact parallel related to Hattie. among peoples with fewer Mstoric troubles." Spring 1997 BmitlU ^mml&sM mtitipWdttm Page 129*

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They pioneered a number of other social and welfare of that portion. After Ms brother, Aubrey, and Isaac organizationsbeside the one they founded and made Cooper both died in 1945, Eugene Levy was the sole many chiritable bequests. Esther Levy was an active family survivor and administered both Ms brother's member of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross and Ms brother-in-law's estates. Between 1945 and Memorial Association, and made significant contri­ 1955, more than $1 million had been distributed. By butions to the fund for the purchase and preserva­ 1955, it was the state's largest continuing donation to tion of the Betsy Ross House in PMladelpMa—reput­ charity ever. At Ms death in 1970, the rest of M.s assets edly the site in wMch the first flag of the United reverted to the charitable trust • States was made. Over the years, the "Klondike gold" of the Cooper & In. 1926, Cooper and the two Levy brothers, Eugene Levy Company was shared with many others. and Aubrey, formed the Republic Operating Com­ pany and in 1927 built the 10-story Republic Build­ SOURCES ing at Third Avenue and Pike Street. Half the space was taken up by an oil company, a life-insurance Seattle Now & Then, "Outfitting the Argonauts" by firm, the telephone company and five stores. The Paul Dorpat. rest of the space was divided into offices and for Seattle Times, 18 May 1982, "Pioneer Jews helped smaller tenants. By the mid-1930s, of the three own­ Seattle grow" by David Schaefer, ers one was a widower, one was divorced and one Seattle Times, 15 Sep 1955, column on the Republic had never married. Two re-married, but none had Building by Byron Fish. any children and there were no further descendants History of Idaho, edited by James H. Hawley. in the Cooper and Levy families directly involved Latah Legacy, Winter 1988. with the pioneer business. Our Stories Landmarks—Shasta County, California by May Hazel Southern. However, the family left a tremendous legacy to the Polk's Seattle City Directories. city of Seattle. Seven-tenths of the. income of the Cooper & Levy Files, University of Washington Republic Building went to three charities: the Jewish Manuscripts and University ArcMves. Family and Child Services received one half and the Cooper and Levy family census records, death cer­ CMldren's Orthopedic Flospital and the Caroline tificates and obituaries, Kline Galland Home (named for the wife of Seattle Conversation with Isabel Egglin, Queen Anne His­ pioneer Bonlam Galland) each received one fourth torical Society. •.•

~A WISE CHOICE IN THE YUKON, A BETTER ONE IN SEATTLE

The popular national specialty-store chain, who Journeyed north to the freezing Klondike Nordstrom, founded and based in Seattle, traces its Father found gold, but a man decided to dispute Ms beginnings to John W. Nordstrom and Ms experi­ claim, even though father had a right to the site and ences in the Klondike gold fields: had worked it for two years. The man had the upper hand—his brother was the local land [actually gold] "Father arrived in this country in 1887, a 15-year-old commissioner. So Ms friendsadvise d father that he Swedish immigrant who couldn't speak a word of had a choice: he could sell out for something, or hold English, with a bankroll of $5. He worked Ms way out and get nothing My father took their advice. across the country with a series of back-breaiking, dangerous jobs, and labored in logging camps up "And that 'something' was enough to return to Se­ and down the coast... attle and open a business with Carl F. Wallin. They began selling shoes at their store on Fourth and Pike "One day, he picked up a Seattle newspaper, and in 1901." [Nordstrom's story will be told in a later there he saw front-page news that would change Ms issue of the Bulletin.] life. 'A Ton of Gold' had been discovered in Alaska. ^^ So he joined the thousands of eager, hopeful men by Elmer Nordstrom (John W.'s son) • Page 130 fttattlle ^meslagtal Bozi&v bulletin Spring 1997 HERE'S A SAMPLING OF GOLD RUSH ADS Among advertisements in Seattle newspapers forloca l entrepreneurs in addition to Cooper & Levy, seeking to outfit gold-rush hopefuls, were these:

••••««•«$•' © $ $ ® $0M«ftll0l • XR CLARK Company LOUGH, AUGUSTINE & CO. 9 9 Corner of Post and Madison 815 & 817 First Avenue 9 9 Headquarters for A prospector's outfit—what it should consist 9 9 Clark's Improved Camp Stoves of and where to get it 9 9 An old miner knows what he wants and is 9 Coal stoves for the Cape Nome trade with cast ® 9 top, linings and steel body • through experimenting with doubtful tilings m when he goes a long way from Ms base of 9 Alaska stoves a specialty ® 9 supplies It was really a sad experience of m Clark is prepared to make on the shortest pos- many who suffered on the trail during the first ® sible notice any specialties in the stove line. Any rush to the northern gold fields on account of • old prospector will tell you that the best is not too poor grub badly packed... Jtbehoovesall who e good. If you buy a poor, cheap stove you will intend spending a few months in that inclem­ • regret it before you reach Klondike or Cape ent climate to look well to their health by secur­ d Nome, Alaska. Clark's air-tight camp stove ing a good wholesome outfit and since you • "holds fire longer and burns any kind of wood. necessarily have to depend on the merchant's ^ They have proven to be the best stoves on the honor that he will pack in your outfit the best ® market, or that have gone to Alaska," eatables, you should buy of those merchants who handle good goods. Workmanship First Class—Stoves will show for themselves. Louch, Augustine & Co/s name is the best known to Alaska as outfitters of miners' grub, © "Our Specialty: AnytMng in General Sheet- $ and will not pack an outfit that they cannot • Metal Work." • guarantee in every respect... .Their establish­ m 9 ment is one of the most complete in the UMted States, employing a staff of about 75 hands all T Z.CMILESCO. ^I the year round. . . .A prospector cannot do Yesler Way between First and Western Avenues better than to call at and order an outfit of A.L. Piper, Receiver i Louch, Augustine, & Co. i | . YUKON STOVES J I We make the best Complete Alaska Outfits i

PACIFIC WAGON CO., Manuf. 1005-10G7 First Avenue S. Third and Lane Street Alaska Outfitters Since the First Gold Rush to Get a patent freight cart for carrying your the Klondike goods across the trail on the Klondike. You sourdoughs have known the comfort and Capacity 700 to 800 pounds wearing qualities of Filson Better Outdoor Clothes. They're made especially to meet your needs and stand the gaff of hard usage. We THE SEATTLE TRADING COMPANY appreciate your confidence and patronage and s 111 Occidental Avenue i hope to merit its continuance by maintaining the I Klondike Groceries i Mgh standard of our product..;. | You want the Best | 1 You want them Packed Right g \^ [from a 1929 ad for the Sourdough Stampede]^/ I You want the Lowest Prices m (continued next page) Spring 1997 &tmllt #uualog1eal gwattp Mulltiin Page 131

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(The C.C Filson Company's most-recent building has been demolished to make way for the new Seattle Mariners baseball stadium, south of the Kingdome. The company's retail operation is open on Fourth Avenue South, with a manufacturing facility nearby.) For many years before it closed, Seattleites shopped at "MacDougalls," located on the southeast comer of Second Avenue and Pike Street. Few were aware that MacDougall & Southwick Company was Seattle's first department store. It was originally called the San Francisco Store when it opened its doors in 1875 in a frame building on the west side of Front Street (now First Avenue), between Cherry Street and Mill Street (Yesler Way). During the gold rush it was a major supplier of Klondike clotMng, boots and miners' hardware, and later, before its declining years, an elegant shopping destination. Here's its Post-Intelligencer ad of 17 Jul 1897:

MacDOUGALL & SOUTHWICK CO. No. 717,719,721,723 First Avenue KLONDIKE CLOTHING You'll want to look over our special line of Yukon Clothing if you have any idea of going to the KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS. Years of experience have taught us just what sort of goods the Alaska climate demands. Nowhere else does quality count for so much as in ClotMng selected for the interior of Alaska. The very best is none too good. Our goods are the Mghest quality. Our prices are the lowest possible, quality considered. Arctic Underwear, all wool, $2.00 and $3.00 per suit Heavy Mackinaw Coats and Pants, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 Lined Duck Coats, $1.50, $2.00, and $2,75 Heavy Wool Sox, 25*, 35*, 40*, 50* Mittens and Gloves, 25*, 35*, 50* Leather Working Gloves, 50*, 75*, $1.00 • German Sox, 50*, 75*, $1.00 Flannel SMrts, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50

From a MacDougall's ad of 6 Aug 1897: Most of the ads were similar: all mentiomng the words 'Yukon'1 or "Klondike" (in various spellings) and promising to be the best provider of goods for Clondyke Clothing would-be prospectors. They ranged from the sub* Our many years of experience in outfitting Alaska lime to ridiculous. Other firms with ads included: prospectors, as well as wholesaling extensively The lion ClotMng House, 220-222 First Avenue to the Alaska Merchants has taught us exactly South, comer of Main Street. what the climate demands. In many instances our Gus Brown Co., 511-515 Second Avenue/comer clotMng and underwear are specially designed of Yesler [Way]. and made for our trade. You cannot be too careful Spelger & Hurlbut, 1215-1217 Second Avenue. regarding the quality of the clotMng you select Seattle Tent & Awning, 1119 Mercer [Street]. when starting to the Yukon gold fields, as it will be impossible to purchase clotMng wMle in the And there were those who sought the stay-at-homes: interior, so the clotMng you start with must last you until your return. We do not carry inferior or FALCON BICYCLE COMPANY trashy goods. 1010 Second Avenue F. Shute, Manager NOT HOW CHEAP, BUT HOW GOOD KLONDIKE OR BUST is what we strive for our Alaska clotMng. Will If you're not going, you want a bicycle take pleasure in showing you our special lines. that won't bust! Page 132 §MMtilt #eneatosipil mini? bulletin Spring 1997 HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE

It is nearly impossible for us today to imagine the the head of the Yukon River. It was still more than distances the Kldndike gold-seekers traveled by com­ 550 miles to the gold fields. paratively primitive means over nearly impassable terrain, impossibly steep passes, up or down a rag­ The other popular route was up the Yukon River ing river and in unbelievable weather conditions. from its mouth, south of St. Michael, Alaska. The Even westerners used to long distances between overloaded sMps carrying supplies and hopeful here and there have trouble taking in the northern passengers crossed the Gulf of Alaska, stopping at distances involved. Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands before pro­ ceeding across the Bering Sea into Norton Sound The Klondike region, the site of the gold rush of 1896- and St. Michael From there, smaller sMps, usually 1900; lies in the Yukon Territory of Canada, right at steamers, went the 1,200-plus miles up the wan- its border with Alaska. It has no defined boundary, dereing Yukon to the Klondike region (about the but is generally thought of as the area of Yukon River distance between Seattle and San Diego, California). creeks and tributaries witMn 50 miles or so both upriver and downriver from Dawson City, Yukon There were other lightly-traveled routes. One was Territory. A small part of the region extends into up the Copper River (famous now for its salmon Alaska, near the town of Eagle, Alaska. fisheiy),connec±ingwiththeheadwatersofFortymile Creek, not only a Yukon tributary but not far from the site of an earlier, but small, gold find just over the The area is 600-plus miles from Skagway by land and Alaska boundary in the Yukon. Another was up the water or, alternately, around 1,200 twisting miles up Susitna, past Mt. McKinley (now Denali), then hook­ the Yukon River from its mouth at the Bering Sea. ing up to the Nenana headwaters, down it to the Gold-seekers approached the region by sMp, usu­ Tenana River, then down it until it joined the Yukon ally from Seattle, WasMngton, since the great major­ River. Still another was the Edmonton Trail, an all- ity were Americans, 'not Canadians. overland route through Canada from Edmonton, Alberta, using lakes and rivers known to the fur The most-famous routes were through either traders and with Hudson's Bay Company outpbsts Skagway or Dyea, Alaska, spots 9--miles apart at the along the way. Its drawback: it took two years to get head of the Lynn Canal, They were reached via the to Dawson from Edmonton. Inside Passage, a protected sea route hugging the British Columbia and southeast Alaska coast. The Much later arrivals sometimes used new railroads Skagway Trail led over WMte Pass; the Dyea, over which brought the fields closer, though still requir­ Chilkoot Pass, side-by-side passes marking the ing extended travel by foot or water. boundary between Alaska and British Columbia. Each, about 33 miles long, led via land and Mgh The map below shows the Klondike's location in lakes to the Yukon Territory (until 1898 part of the relation to parts of Alaska, and Yukon Territory and isjorthwest Territories) boundary and on a ways to British Columbia, Canada. Main points are labeled. Spring 1997 fratttle €mmxmai Aodet? bulletin Page 133

Scale: 1" • about 121/2 miles. Dawson sits at about a 1,200-foot elevation and is surrounded by mountains, some reacMng well over 4,000 feet, and one over 6,100 feet. The gold-bearing areas were along the creeks—mountain streams wMch rushed from the peaks to the Yukon River with its numerous islands and rapids. Bonanza Creek, just south of Dawson, was the site of major gold finds. Some of the labeled sites are abandoned and possibly have not been occupied since the gold rush of 1896-1898, Now there is a road connection west from Dawson to the Alaska Highway, and the Klondike Highway goes southeast, but even today except by air this still is an isolated region. Page 134 &mlk &mmo&iti fceciet? AUttte Spring 1997

WHERE? OH WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE?'

Where? To the Klondike to become a sled dog! ,

The miners were suckers for con men selling totally inappropriate supplies. Everyone "knew" that you needed a team of sled dogs and dogs were an expensive commodity, especially if one tried to buy them after arrival in the Yukon.

It was not unusual to see prospective sled dogs training in the streets of Seattle. The dogs could then be sold at great profit to greenhorns heading north. The profit was even greater if the seller didn't have to pay for the dogs in the first place. Dog rustling became common. Seattleites soon had to keep a close watch on their family pets.

Bill Spiedel, writing in Ms Sons of the Pro/fts, noted "any tMng with hair and four feet was sold for2 0 bucks apiece" to the would-be prospectors as hardy sled dogs. The fact that some of these stolen dogs purchased were Poodles and otlter small lap dogs is a grim testament to the complete lack of common sense found in many of the novice miners. During the winter of 1897-98, a dog could be purchased for $400 in Dawson City.

Once they arrived in the gold fields, the dogs did not fare well. In 1899, the local Canadian government had to establish a dog ordinance to try to keep the situation under control and clear the streets of the dogs and their messy habits. The dog pound was filled with howling and fighting dogs that kept the neighborhood awake every night. The Dawson Daily News on 23 May 1900 reported that 2,000 filthy mangy dogs were running loose in the streets of Dawson, half 6f them homeless. Many careless owners turned them loose in the spring to foragefo r themselves until ^hey were needed in the fall for the sleds.

;SOURCES Sans of the Profits by William $pddel. A Klondike Scrapbook by Norman Bolotin. Other accounts.

SGS'NoteS, continued • • and the "ROOTS IV and V" and "Family Gathering" touted GENTECH gathering in Houston, we hear. software by those names will be no more. Instead, Somayt^thafswhynextyear'sGENTECHishmdedF1 the new product is to be renamed "The Ultimate for Fort Wayne, Indiana, and its Allen County Li­ Family Gathering," and will be sold in three versions brary, 23-24 January.' • ranging in price from around $20 to $70. NGS DATES FOR PLANNING SGS Computer Interest Group chair Ida McCormick reports the WasMngton portion of the USGenWeb The 1998 National Genealogical Society conference Archives now holds in excess of 1 megabyte of vital is scheduled for 6-8 May in Denver, Colorado, and and other records, with all but three state counties the 1999 for Richmond, Virginia, Rumor has it that represented in the archive.'Check out the index at the conference is comingback to Portland, Oregon in httpiZZw^^ 2000. More details later. wafiles.htm or see all fileS'Via FTP at: ftp:// fiEJWtew^ Seattle author, James Wendell PMllips, in Ms book Alaska-Yukon Place Names: IS SGS GOOD, OR WHAT! "Dedicated to the only real treasure that accrued to The recent SGS computer seminar drew around 450 my grandfather from his participation in the Alaska- persons interested in electronic genealogy—sand Yukon gold rush of 1898—Ms daughter, Goldie Nug­ that's.some 50 more than the annual and MgMy get McLaugMin PMllips." Spritig 1997 Sttmik $mml®$ml immp bulletin Page 135

THE SHEEP GAMP SNOW SLIDE OF '98, One of the saddest tragedies of the Klondike Stam­ W.L, Riley, Seattle O.A, Wen, Sedro pede occurred on Sunday, 3 Apr 1898 on the Dyea G.R Smith, Sedro Woolley Trail: a sudden avalanche came rusMng down over Woolley Gus Ziebarth, Seattle the trail without warning, burying alive many of the Frank Sprague, Seattle —all WasMngton state stampeders coming over CMlkoot Pass. From elsewhere: It happened at a point on the trail known as Stone Andrew Anderson, San Francisco, California House, about 18 miles from Dyea and 2 miles above E,D. Atwood, New York Sheep Camp. Stone House was once used by Indian C. Beck, Horida packers and old-time prospectors. In 1897 and 1898, Aldridge D. Bissell, Palatine, Illinois (on Dyea list) it was a popular relay camp for gold seekers packing William Carrol, San Francisco their supplies, as it was set in a wide gap in the Mils. J.C. Clark, unknown. Thomas Cullinan, Portland, Oregon (on Dyea list) At tMs spot there was a branch or cut-off from the William Falke, San Francisco (on Dyea list) main trail that ran close to the base of the mountain. S.M. Grimes, California Experienced packers warned against using it, claim­ Ras Hegard, Baker City, Oregon ing it was hazardous during the spring season. But Clarence L McNeil, Elk River, Minnesota the trail was smooth and easier to use from its John A. Morgan, Emporia, Kansas constant use in the winter. Eager travelers went Joseph Small wood Portland, Oregon ahead on the cut-off, despite the fact that a heavy Curtiss C. Turner, Omaha, Nebraska snow had been falling since the night before, and for L. Weidelin, Kansas City [Kansas/Missouri?] four days before that. Travel was light on the up­ grade since most of the experienced wMte packers The followingar e listed as buried in the cemetery at had quit and the Indians refused to continue, warn­ Dyea, Alaska: ing of thepotential of snow slides. A party of work­ ers on a tramway being built to the summit had been O.A, Anderson, San Francisco ordered up by their boss, Nelson Bennett, despite the A.D. Bissell, Palatine, Illinois danger and completing the job were returning. Thomas Cullinan, Portland, Oregon W.A. Dahlstrom, Lincoln, Nebraska Most of the dead had been coming down trail and a J.E. Doran, Tacoma, Washington few were returning for more supplies. They were George Eggert, unknown traveling close together, holding on to a long rope, William Falke, San Francisco and for some unknown reason missed the main trail Timothy Glenn, Portland or deliberately chose to take the cut-off. Hundreds of Henry Jaeger, Los Angeles v ^ rescue workers recovered seven still alive after being Chris Johnson, Seattle buried from two to five hours, though four later Oscar Johnson, Seattle succumbed to hypothermia. One of the lucky ones C.W. Kenney, Prescott, Arizona ; was N.C.Peterson of Tacoma, who survived. It was Mrs. Anna Maxson, Punxatawney, recorded that the bodies of 63 men and one woman Jefferson Co., Pennsylvania were eventually recovered, many from the Pacific John Merchant, Grizzly Bluff, California Northwest. Frank Miller, Butte City, Montana Austin Preson, Grizzly City, California Only a partial list is available of the victims, and old John Reddy, Kansas City [Kansas/Missouri?] accounts vary. The remains of those listed below Jeff Saling, Weiser, Idaho were shipped outside forburia l (although three are John Vogel, Los Angeles also listed as buried at Dyea, Alaska): Thomas Wall, Hazel, South Dakota W.H. Warner, unknown R.L. Easterbrook, Seattle CM. Holt, Tacoma Mark Welch, Butte City, Montana Albert Englund, Tacoma E.J. Hudson, Seattle Con Gepfert, Seattle Albert F. King, Tacoma The news of the disaster spread quickly and many S.M. Guinea, Seattle George Lewis, Spokane disheartened prospectors abandoned their gear and J.V. Harrison, Seattle J.B. Pearce, Tacoma (continued on next page) . •! k

Page 136 fmttik &mealogfaI Sxaitty bulletin Spring 1997 THE SOURDOUGHS: THE NORTHERN FRATERNITY Often isolated and living in seclusion, the lonely Jim Bender and others. Lodge No. 1 was later moved miners in the Yukon craved any social and recre­ to Dawson City. ational opportunities that they could find. Many had never been away from home before, or had left On 26 Feb 1899, the Arctic Brotherhood was formed beMnd beloved family members. For some, what­ aboard tWsteamer SS City of Seattle as it headed to ever gold they found was spent in the saloons and Skagway imm Seattle. The instigator was the popu­ dance halls; for others, the camaraderie of the broth­ lar skipper of the sMp, .Capt. William Anderson erhoods and fraternal organizations went far inper- ConnelL The idea met with ..instant favor among mitting the miners to maintain some semblance of those on board. J. Harmon Kaskey, a newspaper?--,. sanity. But, bound together first out of necessity and man, helped frame the policies and procedures. later in MendsMp, there was a "code of the North" • Camp No. 1 was established at Skagway. The Arctic that most did not break. Brotherhood Hall there, built in 1899, even today is the most-photographed building in.Alaska—it is, From the beginning, justice in the camps was con­ covered with more than 10,000 pieces of driftwood. ducted by town meeting. The formation of lodges was an effective means of keeping law and order, Groups organized later include the Order of Alaska and of cutting down the need for law-enforcement Moose, begun at Valdez in 1899 by Joseph A. Burke, officers. Soon, they formed fraternal organizations H.B. Pearson and others [no connection to the Loyal and social groups. Order of Moose]; the Alaska Pioneers at Kodiak,', 1907,ahdihe'87HoneerAssociation,formedinl908 At first, the honor of being a "sourdough" was given at Juneau. The mining camps also had a number of to anyone who had been in Alaska 'long enough to lodges of-the Benevolent and Protective Order..of. see the Yukon River or one of its tributaries freeze in Elks, as well as other fraternal associations. The later the fall and thaw in the sprirtg." After the rush of ones seem to have been all Alaskan pioneers, while 1898, that was expanded,.. Sourdough historian the earlier associations included members fromCa ­ Herbert Fleller notes that, inthe,192,6s, the name was nadian communities. only given to thosewho..not only met the previous requirements but also had. to have bathed in an ice- These benevolent societies helped to preserve the covered Alaskan river or lake and had kicked an Mstory and "spirit of the North" as" well as provide - Alaska bear. The name, of course, comes from the old a support system for the pioneers. The Alaska legis­ method of making bread—now popular once again, lature in 1913 established a pioneers' retirement in bakery and .grocery store. home in Sitka, where many sourdoughs went to The first of the brotherhoods was the Sons of the spend.their final days. Northwest, formed in Sitka in 1887 but it was short-'' lived. The Pioneers of Alaska (an off-shoot of the Yukon Order of Pioneers) was formed in 1907 at, Nome, The oldest active organization was the Yukon Order with lodges known as "igloos" and situated only in of Pioneers, organized in 1893 at Forty Mile, on a Alaska. It became the largest of the northern frater­ tributary of the Yukon toy the same name, by George nities. Initially, it was only open to white males who T. Snow, Jack McQuestion, Al Mayo, Tom O'Brien, had been in Alaska prior to 1905, Its objective was to. "unite the pioneers of Alaska and by a permanent Sheep Camp Slide, continued organization to preserve the names of thosepioneers on its roll; to collect and preserve the literature and their search forgol d to return home. The spring thaw incidents of Alaska and to promote its best inter­ uncovered tons of unclaimed supplies. A few more ests." Later one had to have been in Alaska prior to minor slides occurred along the trails and other lives 1930 to qualify for membersMp. were lost that spring of '98. None would compare to the She%-CMmpaide. A higMight every year was the get-together of pio­ neers in Alaska and the Yukon. •SOURCE Alaska-Yukon Gold Book, Sourdough Stampede Asso­In 1929, it was Seattle's turn to host the sourdoughs. ciation, 1930. • A banquet and entertainment was held in the old Spring 1997 ftuttUt mmt&zkti ftodetp WUm Pag«H37

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Civic Auditorium (now the Opera House) in Seattle The most famous of the Yukon dance hall girls, Kitty on2 Mar 1929. Among the guests was John J. Wilson, Rockwell ("Klondike Kate") was in town-—she'd formerly a sergeant in the Royal Northwest Mounted been reared in Spokane. She was also famous for Police, stationed at Dawson, Yukon Territory, and in sueing Alexander Pantages, the "kingof vaudeville'' charge of the "town stations" in the pioneer days. He for breach of promise after she alleged he took her decided to promote the idea of a grand reunion and money to start Ms theatrical empire, then married convention of the surviving pioneers of the Yukon another. and the Klondike glory days. Other noted characters there were Grade Robinson, The Seattle Lodge of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers (the an old-time stage favorite; ''Diamond Tooth Lil" of successsor of the Yukon Order of Pioneers) and its dance-hall fame; Charley Anderson, who twice lost auxiliary, the Ladies of the Golden North, agreed to a fortune; Charlie Monroe, old-time faro dealer, and help and an ambitious project called the the "Sour­ Harry Edwards, formerly part-owner of the dough Stampede" was under way, to be held 16-18 Dawson's old Exchange Bar. Frank P. Slavin, famous Aug 1929 to commemorate the 33rd anMversary of prizefighter in the days when John L. Sullivan was the Klondike discovery of gold The official head­ champion, was down from Vancouver, British Co^ quarters was the Hotel Savoy. It became the largest lumbia. He was still proud that he was never beaten gathering of the northern stampeders since 1898. in the ring except by Peter Jackson. Thousands came from all over the world, many of them originally traveling through Seattle on their Stanley Scearse, former Dawson merchant, came way north. They were joined by current Seattle resi­ from the midwest to see Ms old comrades—he had dents who had decided to make it their home after the first automobile in Dawson, the "Red Devil." leavingthegoldfields and mining townsof the north. Mrs. ArcMe Hammell of San Francisco arrived in The years rolled away as old friends met after the Juneau in 1885 and withherhusband went to Dawson passage of three decades and they all relived the in 1897 to manage the Ndrth American Transporta­ days of the Klondike gold rush. tion and Trading Company store. She was the first woman to reach Lake Bennett on the Skagway (WMte Among the visitors were some of the-.most colorful Pass) Trail and famous Klondike characters. There was Henry C. MacAulay, the first mayor of Dawson, who re­ Mrs. George Carmack (Marguerite), wife of one of lated that he saw "Soapy" Smith die in Skagway; the discoverers of the Klondike bonanza, was on the WilIiamMcIntyre,whoestablished the DawsonNews reception committee. Her husband and her two In­ in 1899 and brought the first linotype macMne into dian brothers were credited with the first Klondike Alaska. John Warren, in 1929 with the sheriffs office strike and claim, on Sixtymile Creek next to the in Seattle, was the first cMef of police of Nome and Alaska border. the only surviving member of a famous quartet of northern police officers, the other three of whom On the morning of the 16 August a big parade, led by (Jack Hubbard, George Russ and Fred Hotchkiss) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, formed at Vir­ were all killed in the line of duty. ginia Street, then traveled south on Second Avenue

SHADES OF THE MERCER GIRLS, 32 YEARS LATER The Columbia, with Capt. E.G. Baker at the helm, not unlike that of the famous Mercer Expedition of arrived in Seattle 19 Apr 1898 after a long journey 1866 to an infant Seattle, was to mine, or to marry from the East Coast. It had run aground in the Strait wealthy men who had already struck it rich. Some 35 of Magellan duringastonrt.lt remained in Valparaiso women either were aboard the Columbia or traveled as it waited for repairs and sufficient funds to pay for overland to join Mrs. Gould in Seattle to begin the them. journey north to the Yukon. There is no indication, however, as to how successful the female adventur­ Among its passengers was a group of "intrepid" ers were in their quest. women who belonged to the Gould Klondike expe­ —MarineMistory of the Pacific Northwest dition headed by a Mrs. Hannah Gould. Their goal, byH.W.McCurdy Page 138 fttgttUe ©tnedogitm Society JMhiiu Spring 1997

The Sourdoughs, continued to Yesler Way and Pioneer Square before turning the Civic Auditorium, There were scenes typical of north on Third Avenue and on to Pine Street and the early dance halls of Dawson—with many of the then to Westlake Avenue (about the site of today's original participants present. The Stampede closed Westlake Park) It took a full hour to pass in review on the 18th with the annual picmc of the host group with its many floats and detachments of military, at Hall's Lake (now on the Lynnwood-Mountlake police and pipe bands. Hundreds of sourdoughs Terrace border). It rained! A worship service was marched, wearing furred parkas in spite of the sum­ conducted by the Rev. George Pringle, the "skypilot mer heat. of the gold creeks" of the Klondike.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Gordon, by then As soon as the 1929 Stampede was over, with plans living in Seattle, marched, too. He carried a sign to meet in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1930, the proclaiming Mmself "First Discoverer of Gold in Sourdough Stampede Association put together a North Alaska and Father of the First Child Bom in commemorative program, Alaska-Yukon Gold Book. It Nome." As the parade made its way down Second included an extensive roster of sourdoughs from all Avenue, Mrs. Amelia Jordan Piggott, an Alaska around the United States, Canada, and the Alaska pioneer living at Three Tree Pointnear Seattle, soared and Yukon Territories. The book, wMch is held in the overhead in an airplane, dropping flowers over the Seattle Genealogical Society's Alaska collection, also throng. Later that day, the general assembly met at includes a 1929-30 membersMp list, by igloo, of the the Third Avenue Theater, and that evening the Pioneers of Alaska. Sourdough Ball, a grand banquet and entertain­ ment, was held for more than 1,400. SOURCES On the morning of the 17th, an air show was held and Alaska-Yukon Gold Bookhy the Sourdough Stampede nine Boeing Field flight comparaes donated 14 air­ Association, ©1930. planes to give 25 sourdoughs their first plane ride. Sourdough Sagas by Herbert L. Heller. That evemng, more than 3,000 attended the dance at Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 Aug 1929. Sourdough list transcribed by Mary Ludvigsen, SGS member ..... On the following pages is the beginning of the extensive list of sourdoughs who attended the 1929 Stampede in Seattle. In tMs issue is the first part of those giving Seattle addresses. The rest of this list, plus other WasMngton state, Northwest, Canadian and other attendees will be printed in subsequent issues. The spelling of place names has been edited to conform to current usage. Some gold-rush sites can not be found on today's maps, and a few are known now by other names. Also, in the list that follows, married women's maiden names when given are enclosed in parentheses. Some abbreviations are unknown.

ABBREVIATIONS Government RR as the Alaska Railroad. m. as married. AB ~ Arctic Brotherhood. NATT Co. ss North American Transportation and ACC as Alaska Commercial Company. Trading Company AT = Alaska Territory. NC Co. - Northern Commercial Company. A-YP as Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. Pof A = Pioneers of Alaska. b. as born PCSS Co. aa Pacific Coast SteamsMp Company. BA Co*= British-American Company. SS = SteamsMp. BC as British Columbia, Canada. SSA as Sourdough Stampede Association. Capt. = Captain (most-often a ship's captain). WP&YRR = White Pass & Yukon Railroad CPR & Pass ss Canadian Pacific Railway and one (opened 29 Jul 1890). of the passes. yr(s). aa year/years dau« as daughter, YT ss Yukon Territory, formed!898 from North­ GAR-:F Grand Army of the Republic. west Territories. YT refers to either, depending GNKR .as. Great Northern Railway. on time frame. Spring 1997 tettilt ®mealogfcaI Racist? IBuIUtttt Page 139 THE SEATTLE SOURDOUGHS IN 1929

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ROOTS FOR KIDS: A Genealogy Guide for Young MORE PSYCHIC ROOTS by Henry Z. Jones, Jr., People by Susan Provost Beller, ©1989, reprint 1997. ©1997.GPC#3091,274pgs,6x9",index,paper,$16.95. GPC #422,128 pgs, 8.5x11", illustrated, index, paper, (SGS #R/2164b). (Available at SGS, also.) $16.95. (SGS #R/GENR/207-31). (For sale at SGS.) This is the long-awaited sequel to Psychic Roots, the Roots for Kids is based on a 12-week course the author developed for her 4th-grade class. Each chapter is ground-breaking work used by NBC for an episode based on a 45-minute classroom session. The book is of the "Unsolved Mysteries" television program. It written at a level appropriate to its audience. It will is all about the influence of coinddence and seren­ help the child to dig more deeply, to understand dipity on genealogical research, the chance combi­ how to do the research necessary to create a simple nation of events over which the researcher has no family tree. It will give him or her both the tools and control but which nevertheless guide him to a fbrtu*' the appetite to learn more about their roots, to un­ itous discovery, like the original volume, it contains cover the stories and events that make them and a collection of stories and experiences contributed by their families unique. genealogists the world over.' CLEARFIELD COMPANY Order from: Clearfield Company, 200 E. Eager St, Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone (1-800) 296-6687. Postage and liandling—first book $350, each additional $125; United Parcel Service ground—first book $5; each additional $2. CONNECTICUT REVOLUTIONARY PENSION­ HISTORICAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE ERS by The Connecticut Daughters of the American CONTINENTAL ARMY During the War of the Revolution, ©1919, reprint 1982, 1997. Qearfield Revolution by Frands B. Heitman, ©1914, reprint #1145,169pgs.,5x8n,paper,$17.50.(SGS#CT/0-14). 1967,1997. Clearfield #2680, 698 pgs., 5x8", paper, Here in a single alphabetical list are the names of $45. (SGS #USAM/126-19).' 11,000 Connecticut Revolutionary pensioners as found in papers filed in the Pension Office in Wash­ This is the standard reference work on the officers of ington, DC In these closely printed pages, there are the Revolutionary War, containing an alphabetically often given the names of the pensioners' widows arranged list, with service records, of 14,000 officers and places of residence at'the time of the various of the Continental Army, induding many officers of Pension Acts. It may even provide ages and places of the militia and state troops who served during the residence. In all cases the pension record number is Revolution. Thiseditionineludes6,000namesadded given so that you can order the complete file or check by Robert H. Kelby in the 1914 edition, names which it at the Pacific-Alaska National Archives branch in were notincluded in the 1893 original edition. There Seattle. is also a handy chronological list of battles. FAMILY LINE PUBLICATIONS

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What happened tp, the original discoverers of "Skookum" Jim spent the rest of his life alone in the Klondike gold? wilderness, driving himself to, exhaustion as he searched for yet-another gold strike. When Robert Henderson toldGeorgeCarmackabout finding gold, he made insulting remarks about Joseph Ladue, founder of Dawson City and one 6f Carmack's Indian companions (also his relatives). the miners who came out in 1897 on the SS Excelsior, Carrnack retaliated by not telling Henderson about became both rich and famous. All he wanted to do the Rabbit Creek strike. He told others, but left was go to Schuyler Falls, New York, and marry his Henderson toiling away at his unproductive claim sweetheart Her parents had previously rejected him; as others filed rich claims near Carmack. A bitter now he was acceptable. But his happiness would not Henderson never became as rich as he had dreamed. last long. The years in the Klondike had taken their toll and in a little over a year he died of tuberculosis. He abandoned his earlier claim for a richer one on Hunker Creek, but became ill and was not able to do Alec MacDonald, the richest of the Klondike miners, the required work to hold his claim. A time extension died in poverty, the victim of a too-generous nature was refused so he sold his claim for $3,QQG. He later and the wiles of con men. He lent money to anyone saw a royalty paid on $450,000 worth of gold taken who asked for it. from this claim, a claim later sold for $200,000. A year later he took a steamer out to Seattle with a poke Other "Klondike kings" like Charlie Anderson and of just $1,100. He lost that, too, before he arrived. Antone Stander married dance-hall queens with Henderson missed out on the fame and riches,but he expensive tastes. Both wives took their money, then would eventually be recognized by the Canadian left them, Charlie died broke in 1939 while working government as co-discoverer of the Klondike strike as a laborer in a British Columbia sawmill. Most of and awarded a pension of $200 a month. He died of his fortune was lost in the San Francisco earthquake cancer in a Vancouver, British Columbia, hospital in of 1906. When his wife left, Antone went to work 1933—still talking of striking it rich some day. peeling potatoes on one of the coastal ships. He died in poverty at the Pioneers Home in Sitka. When his George Carmack left Dawson City in 1898 with a wife died in 1944, she left an estate of $50,000. mpdest fortune;. Divorcing his Indian wife, Kate, he married again, to Marguerite __. He remained Thomas Lippy, who arrived in San Francisco on the moderately wealthy, dying in Vancouver, British Excelsior, took his wealth back to Seattle. He gave Columbia, in the 1920s. Few noted his passing. Kate tremendous sums to charity, took his wife around Carmack decided that she didn't like being "out­ the world and built a mansion. His relatives came side" so went back to Carcross, at the head of the Yukon River and lived out her life. Marguerite out of the woodwork to help him spend his money Carmack was in Seattle in 1929, attending the Sour- and his investments failed. At his death in 1931 he dough Stampede and serving on the reception com­ wasbroke. This was the story for many—they struck mittee. "Tagish" Charlie died from a fall off the it rich and quickly went through their money. Carcross Bridge after a drinking binge and The gold fields of the Klondike were left in ruin, and the area remains in much the same condition today. Mep Members, continued The trees were cut to build cabins and the wreckage of mining efforts mar the hills. Huge piles of tailings White, Carol M. Walker, Brad choke the creeks and old equipment lies abandoned* ;-15543 lOfli Ave. N.E.- 6700 24th Ave.:N.W„ i f|horeline, WA 98155-6209 Seattle, WA 98117 The beauty is gone—-only tourism remains as many of the old gold-rush buildings still stand. In Dawson Wright, Donna M. Weymouth, David some survived the depression of the 1930s by dig­ •r- and Susan . 417 N. 47th St. 5508 Lake View Dr., #K Seattle, WA 98103 ging up the streets and tunneling under old busi­ nesses to pan the gold that had filtered out of the Kirkland, WA 98033 Young, Cindy Peyser 129NJB.51rtSt. pockets of the sourdoughs of '98 and through floor Seattle, WA 98105 cracks into the earth beneath. Page 156 &mtillt 0mtilmrkd &otittp ^Bulletin Spring 1997

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By the time the rash had dwindled more than 100,000 SOURCES fortune hunters attempted the routes over the passes Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 Jun 1988, "White Pass and and down the Yukon River to the gold fields. For Yukon Railroad." many, it was a great adventure even if they didn't ~"P-IScoopsWorldWithStoryofGoldShip",7Apr succeed in making a fortune. The fabled ton of gold 1963. had been a strong incentive to go north, but only a Alaska -Yukon Place Names by James W. Phillips. handful struck it rich. Most of these lost their for­ Sons of the Profits by William C. SpeideL tunes and some died penniless. Madness, sudden Totem Tales of Old Seattle by Gordon Newell and Don death and suicide were common among those who Sherwood. had lost their dreams of easy wealth. Many of the Stampede for Gold by Pierre Berton. stampeders moved on to the Nome strike. A number Alaska-Yukon Gold Book, Sourdough Stampede As3p remained in Alaska and the Yukon for years on an ciation ©1930. unending quest forgold . •::,:..:•• • Seattle: Now and Then by Paul Dorpat, Seattle by Nard Jones. According to the Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Seattle: the Queen City hy James W. Warren. Rush National Historical Park, about: Alaska Magazine, May/June 1997, "Gold Rush—100 Years." 100,000 started for the gold fields. •,. Alaska and Yukon Territory Chamber of Commerce 30,000-40,000 actually reached Dawson. tourism brochures and newspapers. 15,000-20,000evenbotheredtolookforgold. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Microsoft Encart& 1995—Microsoft and Funk & 4,000 found gold. Wagnalls Corporation. 300 found enough to be considered rich. Universal Standard Encyclopedia by Funk & Wagnalls 50 managed to keep their wealth. ,.1955. •.

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J. C. Kline of Seattle was better known as "Jake the latter has not been heard of from that day to the Musher" during his Alaskan days. With Sandy Frew, present, and probably also met his death at the hand Kline ran a freight and passenger service by dogsled ofCKBrine." out of Dawson in 1899. While attending the Sour­ SOURCES dough Stampede in 1929 he recalled: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 Aug 1929. "We often took out shipments of gold dust worth The Alaska-Yukon Gold Book, Sourdough Stampede $50,000 or $60,000. On one trip, three young fellows, Association, 1930. named terra!, Olson and Qayson left just ahead of us. They were mistaken for us by a gunman named O'Brien, and all three shot." GOLD; WHEELS AND WINGS;. There is another version of this story: "Vem Gorst, a Washington and Oregon transporta­ tion pioneer, made a small fortune during the In a 1908 article by Zachary Taylor Wood, major, Klondike gold rush. He invested his earnings first in Royal Canadian Mounted Police, stationed at wheeled transportation—cars, buses and trucks— Dawson, he wrote: then in aviation, and had one of the original air-mail contracts on the West Coast. At the start of World "During the closing of the last month of the year 1899 War II, he ran an aerial taxi service between Seattle there occurred the murder of G. H. Clayson, Olson and Bremerton with amphibious planes. This com­ and L.W. Relfe by one George OBrine, assisted, it is pany, Gorst Air Transport, became the parent of thought, by a man named Graves. The former, after United Airlines." a sensational trial, was convicted and hanged. The —Seattle: The Queen City by James Warren. Spring 1997 fteattlk §>mmlv$iml ftodtty bulletin Page 157

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Abernathy, R. 120 Bachman, Gwen 154 Black, J.G 141 Brown, J (Mrs.) 141 Abraham, Dan R. 139 Baily, Frederic W. 149 Blake, J. Fred 141 Brown, J. (Dr.) 120,141 Abrams, D. C. 139 Baird, Hugh 140 Blake, Richard H. 116 Brown, James PeK. 118 Adams, Ed 139 Baker, _____ 152 Blakney,T.W. 141 BrownJamesH. 117,118 Akers, Vincent 151 Baker, C Alice 151 Blix, Frances 141 Brown, Jeannie McH. Alderson,Tom 139 Baker, T.D.. 140 Blix, Ringwald 141 117,118 Aldrich, Pauline ' 154 Barber, P.E. 140 Block, P. (Miss) 116 Brown, Lucy D. • 118 Alexander, Fred 139 Barlow, Dan 140 Blount, Stephen 151 Brown, Margaret C. 118 Alexander, Barnes, Qara Horton 140 Bluiak, (Princess) 146 Brown, Marie 118 Virginia Wood 153 Barnett, Geo. W, 140 Boardus, William Brown, Mary E. 118 Allen, Carole 154 Banington, EJML 120 Brower 153 Brown, Nathaniel V. 118 Allen, R J. M: Barrington, Boatman, J.C. 120 Bruce, Julia M. (Mrs,) 141 Allen, W.B, (Mrs.) 139 Sidney Chas. 140 Boetzkes, Harry W. 141 Bryam, John Arnold 153 Allen, Walter B. 139 Barter, J. 120 Bogan, James J. 141 Brynteson, John 114 Amboid, Robert A. 139 Bartey,J.E.(Mrs.) 120 Bogardus, Buck,A.B. 120 Amcher/Eucher, Bartiett, Glen C 140 Annekejans 153 Buck,E.R. 120 Cash 115 Bass, Albert A. 140 Boggs, C Buckley, Patrick C 141 Anderson, Andrew 135 Bauman, Peter 140 (Outram) (Mrs.) 141 Bull,josiahJr. 151 Anderson, Anna S. 139 Bawden, Elizabeth W, 154 Bolotin, Norman 134 Burch, Anderson, C. (II) 115 Beamer, B.F. 140 Bolton, James 141 Jacqueline P. (Mrs.) 142 Anderson, C (Mrs.) 115 oecK, v-o 135 Bon„__J?],R 120 Burdett,A.F. 142 Anderson, Charley/ Becker, RE. 140 Bond, Fred E. 141 Burford, Geo. C 142 Charlie 114,137,155 Beggs, Con 140 Boorman, Joseph 141 Burke, Joseph A. 136 Anderson, D.M.< 153 Behrens, Adolph 140 Borg, Robert B. 141 Burkman, C.F. -142' Anderson, Dave E. 1.39 Beller, Susan Provost : 150 Boucher, J.E. 116 BurkmanJohnR 112 Anderson, Ellen 139 Bellinger, F. 115 Boutin, Joe 141 Burnhamjohn 153 Anderson, Henry 115 Bender, Jim . 136 Bowe,.Bev 154 Burrow, Chas. J. ' 142. Anderson, Herman 139 Bennett, J.A. 120 Bowen-Bennett, Burslem, • • 152 Anderson, J, 115 Bennett, Jane R. 154 Beverly 151 Burton, B. A. 120 Anderson, Julius 139 Bennett, Melvin E. 140 Bowerman, Thomas 151 Busch,J.R 142 Anderson, O.A. 135 Bennett, Nelson 135 .. Bowes, William 141 Bush, Ethel 116 Anderson, O.W. 139 •Benson, Boyker, Ralph 141 f Bussey, James L. • 142' Anderson, Oliver L. 139 Bessie T. (Mrs.) 140 Boyle, Edward V. - im Butler, Peggy 154 Anderson, Richard C. 152 Benson, Edward 140 Brainerd, Erastus 112 Button; Richard C Anderson, Tom . 139 Benson, John 140 Branan, CA. 116 (Mrs) 142 Andrews, GL. 139 Benson, Sophia (Mrs.) 140 ;! Brandt, Emil J, 141 Andrews, Judtt 118 Bent, ,. Branley, Betty • 154 •'• Cadwalader, _. 149 Anersbn^C(I) 115 Florence S. (Mrs.) 140 Brayton,W.R 141 Callarman, F.A. 142 Archer, Slmuel 139 Bergwinjoe 116 Bremer, Fred .120 Cameron, W.M., Jr. 142 Arnesteryt?], James 120 Bering, Vitus 109 Brett, 152 Cameron, W.R 142 Assheton, __ 149 . Berry, Clarence (Mrs.) 116 Brevig,John A. 141 Cameron, W.R. (Mrs.) 142 Atkinson, Wallace L. 139 Berry, Clarence 116 Brevig, Nell M. 141 Capfee?, E.D. 120 Atwood/Bashfcrd F. 139 Berton, Pierre 156 Brighton, Edward 154 ' ---Carmack, George (Mrs.) • '" • Atwood,- Cathryn 139,143 Besaw, 152 Brimstone, May (Mrs.)l41 137 Atwood,E.D. '••"' 135 Betcher, Nancy 154 Bristol, Billy 141 Carmack, George Atwood, Fred N. ' 139 Bettles, Gordon C. 140 Brown, Washington 110411, Atwood, Frederick N Jr.'' Bibeau, John Thomas5 140 Ashmun A./N.?118,121 142,155 .. 139 Biertumpel, G.H. 140 Brown, Beriah (I) 117 Carmack, Kate 110,155 Atwood, lone G. . 139 Bigfoid,RR. 141 Brown, Beriah (V)117,118 Carmack, Marguerite Atwood, Jefferson E. 139 Bigham, Roy E. 141 Brown, Beriah (VI) 111, 137,142,155 Atwood, Bilodeau, George D. 141 115,117,118,121 Carmack, Sharon Mary C (Taylor) 139 Bingham, Thomas 153 Brown, Beriah (VII) 118 DeBartolo 149 Austin, Lonnie 139 Bishop, Geo. W. (Biddy Brown, Beriah (VIII) 118 Carrol, William 135 Axe,B.E. 140 ) 141 Brown, Crayton 141 Carroll, Geo. 142 Axe, Frances 140 Bissell, Aldridge D. 135 Brown, D.S. 141 Carstens, Anna B. 142 Aylward, Bridget Bjorkman, Gwen Brown, E.H. 117 Carstens, Julius A. 142 Mannion 140 Boyer 148 Brown, Elizabeth 118 Carter, Herb 142 Black, Frank 112 Brown, Gus 131 Cartino, Joseph 151 Page 158 &>tattlk ^eneslegtal Society* bulletin Springl997

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Casey, _ 152 Cooper, Joseph 128 Denney, Mary McGovem Engel,P.C. 116 Caslar, Stephen O. 142 Cooper, Leopold 128 154 Englund, Albert 135 Cathcart, Wallace 142 Cooper, Mamm/Marion - Denny, W.D. (Mrs.) 144 Ehewright/Enwright[?], Cauthorn, Wade 142 127 Deringer, A. 120 E. 120 Cavanaugh, Cooper, Maurice 128 Derrison, J.A„ (Mrs.) 144 Epton, Billie 145 Emma (Fullford) 142 Cooper, Moses 128 Derrison, Thomas 144 Ericksqn, Oliver T. (Mrs.) Cazlais/Coylies, Cooper, Ralph 128 Desroche[s?], J. 116 145 Joseph 116 Cooper, Raymond 128 Dever, AH. (Mrs J 144 Erickson, Selma 151 Cerise, Gilbert Jr. 154 Cooper, Richard 143 Dever, Arthur H. 144 Ernst, Joseph 145 Charboneau, 152 Cooper, Samuel 128 'Deyo, Mina (Mrs.) 144 Ernst, Phil 145 Chew, 149 Corkins, 152 Dickey, N.M. . • 144 Eucher (see Amcher) Chiarelli,Pat 154 Correy, j.H. 120 Diemer, R A. 144 Evans?, Robert 120 Choate, Glenda 151 Coteland/Cotelann, R116 ••.Dietzel, Chas. W. 144 Christ, George 120 Counter, R.G. 143 Dobbs, Beverly B. 144 Faber,A.K. 120 Christensen, Gerrie 154 Cousins, Len 143 Donahey, H.B. 120 Fairbum, J.E, 116 Chiistensen, Thomas 120 Cousins, R.M. (Mrs.) 143 Donohoe, John A. 144 Falke, William 135 Christenson, Gust 142 Couture, Alfred 143 Doran, Diana M. 154 Falkenburg, M.J. 145 Christenson, Sverre 142 Cowderoy, Arthur 127 Doran, J.E. 135 FarrJ.C 120 Christy, William 151 Cowderoy, Leonard 127 Dore, H. 116 Faulkner, Jack H. 145 Clark, Barbara S. 154 Cowderoy, Leslie :;127- i Dorpat, Paul 124, 129,155 Feagles, R. (Mrs.) 145 Clark, J.C 135 Cowderoy, Ruby Doty, N J. 144 Feagles, Robert S. 145 Clark, L J. 142 Dorothy 127 Douglas, Hamilton, J r. Felch,C.W. 145 Clark, TJF. 130 Cowderoy, Stanley 127 144. FemvJohnJ. 145 Clark, W.A. 142 Coylies (see Cazlais) Douglas, Hamilton, Sr. Fenn, Lizzie (Mrs.) 145 Classeli, O.A. 142 Cram, John 148 (Mrs.) . 144 Ferry, V.E. 145 Claypool, Chas. E. 142 Cram, Michael 148 Douglas, Hamilton, Sr. Filson, C.C. 130,131 Clayson, GH. 156 Crane, M.B. 143 144 Finn, W.C. 145 Clayworth,J.R 142 Crawford, E.L, 143 Douglass, William J. 144 Finstean, O. 116 Clements, J. J./C? 116 • Crawford, Ron M. 143 Dowd, Frank 144 Fish, A. 120 Coale, H.D. 142 Crawford, W.W. 143 Droker, Howard 126 Fish, Byron 128,129 Coates, RH. 120 Crawley, Wm. 143 Drtina, A. (MD) 144 Fisher, Oscar 145 CofBn, Clement B. 143 Cnookall, Arthur 143 Duffy, Thomas J. 144 Flak,F. 120 Collins, 152 Crowder, George Wylie • Dugan, Alice (Mrs.) 144 Fleishman, M.P. 145 Collins, Abigail 153 153 Duke, Harry A. 144 Fleming, T.E. 145 Comford, GG 143 Crowder, Grace E. 153 Duncan, H. 120 Flynn, Marie 118 Compton, (Capt.) 115 Cullinan, Thomas 135 Duncan, Jimmie 144 Fobler,F. 116 Conlins, Jack '110 Cunningham, D.A. 143 Dunlap, Carl 144 Fogdall, Alberta Brooks Conlon, Matt 143 Curtis, Asahel 143 Dunn, Bonnie 154 152 Connell, Patricia 127 Dabbett, L.C. 120 Fonda, Clark 145 Connell, Ruby Dorothy Dahlstrom, W.A. 135 Earle, Maud 144 Forbes, F. L. (Rev.) 145 127 Dahnken, Harry 143 Easterbrook, R.L. 135 Forndran, Wm. 145 Connell, William Dahnken, Minnie Ruth Eaton, R. N. (Mrs.) (see Frank, Alfred 154 Anderson 136 143 Head, Florence Marie) Frank, Frederick 124 Conner, F. 120 Damon, Cathryn Eaton, R.N. (Mrs J 147 Franklin, Marlene Kayl54 Cook, James 109 (Atwood) 143 Eekberg, Scott 115 Fraser, Jane Audrey 145 Cook, John "Jack" (Mrs.) Darud, A,W. (Mrs.) 143 Edwards, Harry 137 Eraser, Winifred Hartman 143 . Davin, Catherine (Mrs.) Eggert, George 135 145 Cook, Josephine G. (Mrs.) 143 Egglin, Isabel 129 Fredericks, Oscar 145 143 Davin, Thomas 143 Elam, Charlotte Adec i Frew, A. D. "Sand/' Coombs, Sidney G 143 . Davis, Albert E. 143 Edmondson 153 145,156 Cooper, Allen George 128 Davis, LH. 143 Ellis, L.M. 145 Frew, Nettie E. Churchill Cooper, Celia 127 ' Davys, H J. 143 Emanuel, Charles 128 145 Cooper, Qara 127 Dawson, George W. 114 Emanuel, Marx 128 Frey, Albert Henry 145 Cooper, George 128 Dean, Frank G 143 Emanuel?, Louisa 128 Frey, Chas. Z. 145 Cooper, Isaac 123,126-129 Denting, Chas. L. 144 Emanuel?, Sarah 128 Frey, Oscar Henry 145 Cooper, Isac/Isaac (11)128 Dempsey, Sadie (Mrs.)144 Emel,JohnM. 145 Frick, Franklyn 152 Cooper, Jacob 127 Denhart, Marie (Mrs.) 144 Emerson, Carrie (Mrs.) Fry, James W. 151 Cooper, John 151 Denhart, Paul 144 145 Fullford, Emma 142 Spring 1997 AeattlU tos&logiasl ^odet? PttlMH Page 159

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Gray, James L. 147 Hawes, Elinor 153 Juneau, Joe 110 Gage, Ely A. (Mrs.) 116 Graybrei, J.M. 147 Hawes, Raymond Gordon Kappell,_ 152 Galland; Bonlam 129 Green, Adolph H. 147 153 Kaskey, J, Harmon 136 Galland, Caroline Kline Green, Joseph 120 Hawley, James H. 129 Keenan,M. 120 129 Green, Perry W. (Mrs. Hayden, Thomas 147 Keenan, Thomas 120 Galvin, J.G " 145 ) ' 147 Hayrie, . 116 Keith, Charles P. 149 Gandolfo, Joseph R. 146 Green, Perry W. 147 Head, Florence Marie 147 - Keiby, Robert H. 150 Card, Oscar 146 Gregory, William E. 147'. HealyJohnJ. 113 Keller, Frank 116 Gardner, Albero, Jr. 146 Griffen, Ernest '147" Hegard, Ras 135 Kelly, EJ." 120 Garfield, Charles D. 146 Grimes/Guines, S.M. 135 Hegeman, ' 152 Kelly, M. 116 Garner, Hazel (Price) 146 Groen, Darlene M. 154 Heitman, Francis B* 150 Kelly,TJ. 116 Garratt, William 151 Grow,W»W. 147 Heller, Herbert L. . ' 138 Kenney,C.W. 135 Garrettjm Knight ';'"153" Guerm, Clark 147 Henderson,'Tatsy" 110 Kenney,J.B. 120 Gentry, Gayle !'154 GuinanJJ. 147 Henderson, Robert D. Kidston, William 115,116 Gepfert,Cdn 135 Guines,S.M. 144 110, 111, 155 King, Albert F. 1^5 Getner, Joseph 120 Guirard, Paul 147 HendrenJH. 120 King, Martin Luther 117 Ghigliohe; C J. 146 Gustafson, Algot 147 Henneken, A. 120 King, William R 117 Gibson, J.A. 146 Guthman, Hattie G. 128 Hill, W.H (Mrs.) 120 Kinsman, Mary Jean 151 Gilbert, Glenn 146 Guthman, Hilda 128 Hill,W.H. 120 Kirkwood, James T. 151 Gilchrist, Lionel 146 Guthman, Otto 128 Hogren, B. (Mrs.) 120 Klein, Clara 127 Gillespie, Albert EL- 146 Guthman, RE. 128 Hokomb, Brent H. 151 Kline,J.C v •L:;.156 Gillette, Gary H.- 151 Holden, B.R. ' 120 Kulsin (an Indian) 110 Gilmore, George F. 120 Hackman, Marie E. 147 Holland, J.B. 120 Gilmore, PA. 120 Hagler, Kim 154 Holmberg, James J. 151 Ladue, Joseph Gilmore, William A„ 146 Hagstrand, Albin 147 Holt, CM. 135 110,111, 114, 155 r Giwouard, Caroline ; 146 Hahnemann, 152 Hopkins, E.S. 120 Lafond, ' ' 152 ' Giwouaixi, Oliver ""'"•'' 146 Hall,M. 116 Hopkins, Walter Lee 153 Lagesh/Legert, 152 Glantz,Nelte 146 Hamblen, Larry A. 153 Hopkinson, _ 149 Lamm, Nancy 154 Glaser, Margaret" C 118. Hamer, Erica 154 Home, Jack 116 Lawrence, _ 149 Glaser, Peggy '"' 118 Hamilton, 149 Hotchkiss, Fred 137 Leach, W.M. 118 Glenn, Catherine 146 Hamilton, James 147 Hubbard, Jack 137 Leftwich, _ 153 Glenn, Jack 146 Hammell, Archie (Mrs.) Hubbs, Amos 151 Legert 152 Glenn, Timothy 135 137 Hubbs, William 151 Leibowitz, Sandra J. 154 Goddard, AJ, 146 Hansen, N.P. 147 Hudson, EJ, 135 Lerrel, _ 156 Golden, Howard C 146 Hanson, Fred 147 Hughes, Annie 120 Leslie, Frank 124 Goldman, 124 Hanson, H Alfred 147 Hughes, John H. 120 Levine, (Rabbi) 127 Goldsbary, Maurice A. Hanson, Happy 147 Humphrey, __ 152 Levy, Aaron 123-126 146 Hanson, Maude 147 Hursigh,-P.I.""': : 120 Levy, Aubrey 125-129 Good, B, A. (Mrs.) 146 Hanson, Rosweli Ja (Mrs.) Hutro[?],A. 120 Levy,Elizabeth "Lizzie*'..'. . Goodard, A J. 146 147 Hyand,J. 120 123,125-129!)f Goodenough, M.M, 146 Hardy, C.L. 147 Levy, Esther/Ester Goodrich, W.B. 120 Harman, G.E. 147 Jackson, Peter 137 123-126 Gordon, Alice ' 120 Harmon, H. A. 147 Jacobus, Donald Lines 149 Levy, Eugene 125428 Gordon, Chas. E. 146 Harney, E.F. 147 Jaeckels, 152 Levy, Hattie G. 128 Gordon, Edward (Mrs.) Harold, Mary 147 Jaeger, Henry 135 Levy, Joseph 124 138 Harris, Richard 110 James, Willette 151 Levy, Louis 123,125,126 Gordon, Edward 138 Harris, TJ. 120 Jans, Marritje 153 Levy, Madeline 127 Gordon, Fred M„ 146 Harris, Ted C. 154 Jefferys, E.S. 120 Levy, Mina 125,126 Gorst, Vem 146,156 Harrison, C.L.'' 147 Jenkins, H.R 116 Levy, Ruby Dorothy 127 Gould, Hannah 137 Harrison, J.V. 135 Jenson, Eva 153 Levy, Vivian 126 Graeme, „ 149 Hartshorn, E.G 147 Johnson, Chris 135 Lewis, George 135 : Graham, J.A. 120 Hartshorn, Johnson, J. 116 "Lil, Diamond Tooth" 137 Graham, Thos. L. 146 Florence (Mrs.) 147 Johnson, Oscar 135 Lindberg, Jafet 114 Granthier,H. 116 Hatterman,J. 116 Jolly/William 120 Lindblom, Erik 114 Gravem, John A.. 146 Haugen, David 154 Jones, Henry Z. Jr. 150 Lippy, Thomas S. Ill, 155 Gray, A. 116 Haugen, Nancy 154 Jones, Judy C 154 Little, L.H. 120 Gray, George A. 152 Havers, G. " 147 Jones, Nard 155 Lloyd, 149 Gray, James Al 146 Hawes, Edward 153 Joseph, (Chief) 125 Loewus, Susan A. 154 Page 160 ftjntilk ©etiological ftedety-IBiiUttiii Spring 1997

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Logan, 149 McVey, 152 O'Brien, Tom 136 Burslem 152 Lord, Leonard 154 Meany, Edmond S. O'Brine, George 156 Robertson/Robinson, v ._ Lord, Vera 154 117,121 O'Neill, Francis P. 150 152 Lord, Victor 116 Mercer, N. 116 Oliver, ___ 152 Robinson, Fracie 137 Loveland, CH. 116 Merchant, John 135 Olivier, Reginald L. 153 Rockwell, Colleen 154 Luchtel, Jeanne 154 Mercier/Murder, M.N. Olsen, H. 116 Rockwell, Kitty Ludvigsen, Mary 109,138 • 116 Olson,, 156 "Klondike Kate" 137 Luebking, Sandra H. 148 Mercobaf?], A. 120 Olson, John 120 Rods,J.R 120 Lumber, Elinor 153 Merrick, Bryant 154 Outram, C (female) 141 Rogers, J.P. 147 Lyons, Kate 126 Merwin, Miles 153 Romine, J.C 120 . Meyer, CE. 116 Palmer, __ 149 Ross, Betsy 129 MacAulay, Henry C. 137 Miles, Z.C. 130 Panagiotou, Colleen 154 Roth, Jean 107409 MacDonald, Alec 114,155 Miller, Frank .135 Pantages, Alexander 137 Russ, George 137 MacDonald, Maureen L. Miller, Harlene 154 Pearce, J.B. 135 Rutledge, William E. Jr. 154 Mitchell, Maureen Louise Pearse, Elizabeth 118 151 Macfarlane, Lewis 154 154 Pearse, Norman P. (Mrs.) Ryssskamp, George 3R . Maerz, C. 153 MoffettJ. 116 118 149 Mahoney, S^lly Gene 151 Monnett, S. 120 Pearson, H.B. 136 March, : . 153 Monroe, Charlie 137 Penn, 149 Saling, Jeff 135 Marene[?], M. 120 Moore, William 112 Penry, Marlene 154 Samowsky, John 114 Mark, John S. 121 Moran, Thomas 116 Pepoin, N. 120 Scearse, Stanley 137 Martin, Meianie 154 Morgan, John A. 135 Peterson, N.C. 135 Sceva, John 151 Marty, Donald 154 Morrow, H.B. 124 Pfeifer,CH. 120 Schaefer, Christina K.148 Marty, Donella 154 Morse, _ 152 Philiimore, William P. W. Schaefer, David 129 Mason, "'Skookum" Jim Morse, Stafford-Ames 154 149 Schenck, Ralph 120 110 Mountain, William D. 153 Phillips, James W. Schomaker, Christine W. Matthew, Mowat, John "Hurricane • •. 110,156 154 (see Denny, Mrs. W.D.).. Jack" 153 Picket, BJF. 116 Seagraves, Steve 154 Matthew, Claudia 154 Mullikin, Agnes J. 154 Pierce, Franklin 117 . Sedkk, E» (Miss)'. 116 Maxson, Anna (Mrs.) .135 Munger, Donna B. 153 Piggott, Amelia Service, Albert 122 Maxwell, Florence Murcier (see Mercier) Jordan (Mrs.) 138 Service, Iris 123 Nevada 153 Musson, Mary 127 Pinnell,John 118 Service, Robert W.106,122 Mayo, Al 136 Piper, A.L. 130 Seward, henry 109 McCallum, Robert (Mrs. Nelior, L. (Miss) 116 Piscator, Frank 116 Shanks, W.S. 120 ) 127 Newbrook,_ • 116 Plumstead, 149 Sherwood, Don 156 McCurdy,H.W. 116,137 Newell, Gordon 156 Poe,JohnJ. •„•• 154 Shinn, Lucy 118 McDaniel, ___ 153 Newman (see Numan) Pool, Ellen L. 151 ; Shinn, R.C. 118 McDaniel, Darlene 154 Newman, Aaron 125,126 Porter, Bert 120 Shippen, __ 149 McDaniel, Herbert 154 Newman, Elizabeth 124 Preson, Austin 135- Shute,F. 131 McDaniel, John H 153 Newman, Esther 124 Preston, 149 Silverlock, C. 116 McElwain, Thomas 120 Newman, Isaac 124,125 Price, Hazel 146 Simmons, Madeline 127 McFarrish, D„G. 120 Newman, Julia 124 Pringle, George 138 Simmons, Patricia 127 McGee, W.S. "Sam" 123 Newman, Mary 124 Promer, __ 152 Simmons, Rowena 127 McGliveryl?], D.A. 120 Newman, Rosa 125- Proteau, Henry 116 Sims,W. 116 McGoldrick, Hazel L . 154 Newman, Solomon 125 Skookum JimllO, 111, 155 McGraw, John 112 Newton, Caroline Rathburn, Susan K„ 154 Slavin, Frank P. 137 McHugh, Jeannie 117. Gaylord 153 Raymond, Charles W. 109 Sloan, William 116 Mdntyre, William 137 Nichol, Marilyn 154 Raymond, H.R 120 Smallwood, Joseph 135 McKenzie, A. 116 Nichols, Kim 154 Raymond, S. 120 Smith, "Soapy" 114,137 McKenzie, Alexander 109 Nordstom, Elmer 129 Reddyjohn 135 Smith, E.M. (Mrs.) 120 McLean, M. (Mrs.) 120 Nordstrom, John W. 129 Reid, Judith P. 153 Smith, G.R 135 McLoughlin, John 152 Nonnan, Charles 154 Relfe,L,W. 156 Snow, George T. 136 McLoughlin, Kathleen Norman, Phyllis 154 Rice, Franklin P. 151 Souther, May Hazel 129 154 Norris, _ 149 Ricotte, W.E. 116 Speidel, William 134 McNair, Kenneth R. 154 Numan, G. [Newman?] Rienken, D. (Miss) 116 Speidel, William G McNeil, Clarence L •135 J. .1203 Rienken. A. (Miss) 116 134,156 McNulty, Ira 116 Riley,.WJL 135 Spencer, Coney 151 McQuestkm,Jack 136.. O'Brien, 156 Robertson, Alexander Spiedel, William 121 Spring 1997 tefiltg Henealogical ftodety ^Bulletin Page 161

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Sprague, Frank 135 Stuart, Nan 108 Ulen, O.A. 135 Weymouth, Susan 155 Sshoemaker, 149 Suber, Kay 154 WhalleyJohnA. Ill Stander, Antone 155 Sugden, (Dr.) 122 Vancouver, George 109 Wheelwright, John 148 Stanley, William 116 Sullivan, John L. 137 Varney, Roberta 154 White, Carol M. 155 Steffy, Gerald R. 153 Sundborg, 151 Venino, Patricia 127 White, William H. 118 Stewart, Dan A. 120 Sundborg, George 152 Venino, Walter (Mrs.) 127 Wheeler, Mary Corkins Stewart, Virginia Harmon Sutherland, Patricia 154 Vogel, John 135 152 154 Suvoroff, S. (Miss) 116 Wilkinson, John 116 Stinson,JohnJr. 151 Szucs, Loretto 148 Waitt,F.A. 120 Wilson, J.R 120 Stockbarger/Stockberger, Tagish CharliellO, 111, 155 Walker, Brad 155 Wilson, John J. 137 153 Tambeil, A.E. 120 Wall, Thomas 135 Wiltshire, Betty Couch Stockberger, B. 153 Taylor, Mary C 139 Wallin,CarlF, 129 151 Stockberger, Matthias 153 Telford, Ward,D.W. 120 Wood, Richard 120 Stokes, Raymond (Mrs.) (RCMP constable) 116 Ward, EM. 120 Wood,WJD. 112 127 Terry,. 152 Ward, Kirk C 118 Wood, Zachary Taylor Stokes, Rowena 127 Thode, Ernest 149 Warner, W.H. 135 156 Strassburger, Ralph Thrapp, Dan L. 123 Warren, James W. 155 Wooley, James E. 151 Beaver 151 Thrift, Gertrude, 149 Warren, John 137 Worden, G. 116 Strickland, (Mrs.) 116 Tkknor,F. 116 Weare,Ely 116 Wright, 153 Strickland, _ Tilghman, _ 149 Weidelin,L. 135 Wright, Donna M. 155 (RCMP inspector) 116 Tilton, Madeline 127 Welbom,MaxO. 151 Wright, J. 120 Strong, fob 116 Tomassene, Judy 154 Welch, Mark 135 Stuart, Dwight Lymanl08 Tombaugh, Reno G. 153 Wells, Carol 148 Young, Cindy Peyser 155 Stuart, Elbridge H. Ill 108 Turner, _ 153 Westdahl, Ferdinand 109 Young, Mary E. 151 Stuart, Elbridge H. Jr. 108 Turner, Curtiss C. 135 Weston, Sam 116,117 Stuart, Elbridge H. Sr. 108 Tutikoff, P. (Miss) 116 Weymouth, David 155 Ziebarth, Gus 135 SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Non-Profit Org P.O. BOX 75388 U S. Postage SEATTLE, WA 98125-0388 PAID Permit No 621 Seattle, WA

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