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Abelset, J. Passenger
on steam schooner Noyo, departing Seattle for Copper River ports with a few passengers for
Juneau and Skagway, Seattle P-I, 3/16/98;
Abercrombie, Capt. W. R. Army
Officer on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98; Miners at Klutina Lake Camp pass resolution saying "that Abercrombie's
statements regarding strikes and trails, as published in western papers, were false and
unwarranted." 7/23/1898, Crary, Diary, p. 10; Dooley reports his passing through
Cox's Landing, Dooley Diary, 8/19/98; Guiteau, Abercrombie, & photographer from
Leslie's Magazine have dinner at Holman's with vegetables from Holman's garden,
Abercrombie interested in agricultural potential of Copper Center area Guiteau, Diary,
8/22/98; Files claim with Stephen Birch on Eagle River, 1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2. p. 146;
Arrives with survey party including Powell "a friend of Watson's" at Klutina
Lake Camp, 8/18/1898, Crary Diary, p. 11; Known to object to miner's meetings sometimes,
Golden Cross? p. 13; "Abercrombie claimed at a meeting this evening that the
government of Alaska has been put in hands of military." 8/19/1898, Crary Diary, p.
12; Powell accompanies on an exploring trip to the Alaska Range, 1898, Trailing; Hazelet
waits to meet to "get information on mining law from him," Hazelet Diary,
9/26/98; 10/2/98; Files claim on east side of Port Wells Bay, 9/8/1899, Chris
Christiansen, Phil Blumauer, J. C. Black, Duncan MacCaley (?), W. R. Abercrombie; also
claim on west side, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, pp. 223-224; Location Notice 9/4/1899: W. R.
Abercrombie, C. P. Smith, J. C. Black, Phil Blumauer, J. J. Abercrombie, Louis
Blumauer, on Cutsina [Kotsina?] River near Mt. Blackburn, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks. J & F), p.
44;
Abercrombie, J. J. Location
Notice 9/4/1899: W. R. Abercrombie, C. P. Smith, J. C. Black, Phil Blumauer, J. J.
Abercrombie, Louis Blumauer Cutsina River near Mt. Blackburn, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks. J & F),
p. 44;
Aberheim, Sidney. Co-Locator with
W. C. Bruce, "W. C. Bruce Placer Claim," on Manker Creek, 7/20/98, witnesses: W.
Grogg, Nels Jepson, TMDR, p. 11;
Ackley, -. Hometown: Spirit Lake, IA;
Hazelet reaches camp of Ackley, Maine and Roff on Gakona, Hazelet Diary, 11/6/98;
Ackroyd, -. Hometown: St. Louis,
MO; Listed in names & address section, Dooley Diary;
Adair, M. N. Passenger on steamer
Alliance, departing Seattle for Yakutat Bay and Valdes, 3/24/98; party of 37 from Sioux
City, IA led by J. N. Henry were to be dropped off at Yakutat, the others apparently
headed for Valdes, Seattle P-I, 3/25/98;
Adams, A. A. Passenger on steam
schooner Noyo, departing Seattle for Copper River ports with a few passengers for Juneau
and Skagway, Seattle P-I, 3/16/98; Alaska Mutual Mining Company, 14 members on Noya: Guy,
Ladward, Mahle, J.W. Morgan, W. Seitz, W. Klein, R. Klein, A. Adams, A. Harward, A.
Carvey, C. Decker, J. Steinmits, H. Price, and W. Tynor;
Adams, A. M. (See A.W. Adams,
"W" easily confused with "M"); First class passenger boarding Valencia
in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers, Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Adams, A. W. Locator,
"High-Price" No. 2 above Canyon on Manker Creek, 10/6/98, witness B.
Taylor,TMDR, p. 76; Filed claim in 1898-1899, TMDR, p. 28;
Adler, M. L. Filed in 1898-1899,
VMDR, p. 86, 104;
Agassig, R. L. Co-locator with J.
Manker of "Jas. Manker" Placer Claim, The Discovery, on Manker Creek, 7/20/98,
witnesses, W. C. Bruce, W. Grogg, TMDR, p. 51;
Aggrisek, G. A. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Agner, Charles. Passenger on
steam schooner Noyo, departing Seattle for Copper River ports with a few passengers for
Juneau and Skagway, Seattle P-I, 3/16/98;
Ahren Brothers. Crary camps in
their tent, 7/28/1898, Crary Diary, p. 11; Charles and Will Ahren, went hunting at
Klutina Lake Camp, 8/26/1898, Crary Diary, p. 11; sold out, 19/3/1898, Crary Diary, p. 15;
Ahrens, George. Passenger List --
Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian,
4/10/98;
Ahrens, Will. Passenger List --
Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian,
4/10/98; Charles and Will Ahren, went hunting at Klutena Lake Camp, 8/26/1898, Crary Diary
Ms. p. 11; sold out, 19/3/1898, Crary Diary Ms. p. 15;
Ailsworth, J. J. (Also Aylsworth,
Seattle P-I article on Whitney Party); Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior,
departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I , 2/28/98;
Alberti, Rosa. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Alderson, A. Passenger on Helen Almy
bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco, 3/20/98, Seattle
P-I, 3/23/98;
Alford, Charles H. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Alhousen, Ed. Passenger, steam
schooner National City, departing Portland, OR, 3/14/98 with "by far the larger
number of her passengers" bound for the Copper River, but a few for Dyea/Skagway,
Portland Oregonian, 3/15/98;
Alleman, -. Died on Valdez
Glacier, Dr. Logan's party, bodies found in a crevasse in Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p.
38;
Allen, -. Dr. Member of Swan's
Party along with Shepard, Moore, and Williams landing at Swanport, Nov. 1897, Pathfinder,
VI:6, 4/1925, pp. 7-8; Has contract at Orca to handle mail 1898, employed by Pacific Steam
Whaling Company, miner's very critical of his conduct, Bourke Journal, p. 80;
Allen, H. B. Hometown: Orca, AK;
Witness, for Nilsen's location notice, 7/15/97, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 30; (also other
times in bk, not entered); On site reresentative for a Phoenix, AZ railway company;
proposes building RR from extreme head of Valdez Bay along the Valdez or
"Little" River for 30 miles and then tunneling under a ridge and on into the
Yukon, story written by H. B. Allen, correspondent, Seattle P-I, 3/9/98;
Allen, J. C. Hometown: Fall
River, MA; Company: Conn & Alaska Mining and Trading. Gold Hunters, p. 9; Lawson,
Allen, Oberfeld and Frickel leave Conn & AMT Co. to search for gold by themselves,
Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 76; Allen & Lawson spent summer on Klutina & Copper
Rivers, Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 77;
Allen, Robert. Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Allen, Sylvester. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Allerman, A. See Elliman, Alfred
Allis, H. G. Hometown: Little
Rock, AR; Led party up Copper River to Bremner in 1898; purchased from Chief Nicolai
copper bornite ore; carried to States and organized the Chittyna Company; 1899 Allis not
able to return, sends McClellan to meet Peterson and find Nicolai's source, Millard, TVN,
1:7, 4/20/01;
Allison, E.A. Hometown: Macom
(?), IL; Dooley sees, Diary, 8/9/98; goes to Lake [Klutina] with, Diary, 8/13/98; Dooley
goes toCox's Landing with, Diary, 8/14/98; visits back and forth with Dooley, passim.;
Names and address list, Dooley Diary; (Note: Dooley and Allison were together on the
Rival);
Allison, E. C. (See Ed A.
Allison); Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader,
3/7/98; (Note: Dooley and Allison were together on the Rival);
Alstrum, James. Hometown:
Highwood, CT; Company: Conn & Alaska Mining and Trading, Gold Hunters, p. 9; Locator,
Eagle Placer Claim, No. 1 on Connecticut Creek a tributary to Manker Creek, 7/27/98,
witnesses Margeson & Sweet, TMDR, p. 60;
Alwing, Jos. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Ames, Eugene G. Born: Houghton,
MI, 3/3/1868 (Pioneers); Hometown: Owen, WI, C1900; Passenger list for the schooner Hera,
departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98; Arrived in
Alaska, April 1898, C1900; Mining Agreement between W. F. Wharton and E. G. Ames to supply
Ames, 3/18/1898, ML, Bk G. p. 706-709; Filed claim in 1898-1899, TMDR; Subscribed to a
relief station fund for 1899 on Valdez Glacier, in Valdez, 1898, CS1;
Ammann, Adolph. (Also: Ammand,
A.); Hometown: Catskill, NY; Passenger list--Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland
3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98; Crossed Valdez Glacier in 1898, BS, p. 44; QCMDR,
1898, Locator, p. 39; Locator with Scott, Denler, Opie, E. Young, J. McIntyre, W. J.
Gardner, Carrie Ammann, QCMDR, 1898, p. 45; Locator, QCMDR, 1899, p. 121; QCMDR, 1898,
Locator, p. 46; Witness for Mellerk, p. 125; for Rose Johnson, p. 127; Babcock reports
working claim in 1899, In Abercrombie 1900, p. 68;
Ammann, Carrie O. (Mrs. Adolph).
Born: Catskill, NY. Oct. 1863, C1900; Hometown: Catskill, NY C1900; Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98; Arrived in
Alaska, March 1898, C1900; Locator with Scott, Denler, Opie, E. Young, J. McIntyre, W. J.
Gardner, Adolph Ammann, QCMDR, p. 45; Babcock reports working claim in 1899, In
Abercrombie 1900, p. 68;
Amy, W. S. Passenger boarded the
steamer Wolcott in San Francisco, left Seattle for Copper River, 11/20/97, Seattle P-I,
11/21/97; Cashman stops at Amy's Cabin at Copper Center, Thanksgiving, 1898, Cashman in
Abercrombie 1900, p.166; Hazelet stays at Amy's cabin at Copper Center, Hazelet Diary,
10/18/98; 5/8/1899, Powell camps with Amy, Louvrous, Finch, Fish, Fitch who are sledding
outfits over the divide (Thompson Pass), Powell, Trailing, p. 146; Part of group that
found Nicoli Copper Vein, Millard,TVN, 1:1, 3/6/1901; Oscar Rohn reports McClellan, Amy
and Millard got through Keystone Canyon before Rice, Young, Downey & Holman parties
did on June 19th 1899 and are building trail at Tsaina when they catch up; meets
McClellan, Amy, Millard & others on Tsaina, Abercrombie, 1900, p. 113 ff; "10 men
from Valdez stopped at Co. City - Dan Kain, Brown, McClellan, Bates, Hamlin, McCormack,
Fitch, Leverose, Amy, and Senders," Dooley Diary, 5/20/99; "Amy and McClellan
came up on way to divide," Dooley Diary, 6/4/99; QCMDR, 1899: witness for Chisholm,
QCMDR, p. 159; Locator, 7/30/1899, QCMDR, p. 159; Co-locators: Kain, Amy, McClellan,
Sweeny, 7/5/1899, QCMDR, p. 160; Locator, QCMDR, p. 164;
Anacker, William H. (Also:
Anaker, possibly Anackin); Born: Germany, Dec. 1873 (5?), C1900 ; Hometown: Blunt C. MN;
Arrived in Alaska, 1898, C1900; Filed claim in 1898-1899, TMDR, p. 89; witness to Jones in
Chisna District, VMDR, p. 155;
Anackin, Wm. H. (See: Anacker).
Witness to location notice A. Jones, in Chisna, 9/21/99, VMDR, p. 147; Location Notice,
Red Mt. Creek of the Chisna River in Chistochina River Territory, 9/21/99, VMDR, p. 148;
Anderson, -. Born: Sweden;
Hometown: Boston, MA; In party of six Swedes (Anderson, Nelsen, Lofgreen, Hansen,
Hanz, Proden) from Boston with Hazelet on Klutina, Diary, 6/12/98; leaves with Colby for
Valdez, Hazelet Diary, 8/30/98;
Anderson, A. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Anderson, A. W. ("s"
missing/blank space, passenger list); Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA
3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Anderson, Charles. (= C. H. ?). Passenger
on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle for Yakutat Bay and Valdes, 3/24/98; party of 37
from Sioux City, IA led by J. N. Henry were to be dropped off at Yakutat, the others
apparently headed for Valdes, Seattle P-I, 3/25/98; With Cashman on trip to Woods Canyon
to pick up 13 horses departed Valdez 10/18/1898, Cashman in Abercrombie 1900, pp. 149;
Part of relief party for Logan Party on Valdez Glacier, 2/27/1899, Jury Finding, CS1;
Brown sends in relief effort to bring Gardner from relief station, 4/29/99, Brown in
Abercrombie 1900, p. 40; Brown gives one shirt and one pair of shoes, Brown in Abercrombie
1900, p. 41;
Anderson, C. H. Hometown: San
Francisco, CA (Also Ontario, CA), Notice of Tunnel Right with A. K. Delaney, Edward de
Groff, L. L. Williams, W. H. McNair, W. D. McNair, E. E. James, Hugh Murray, Clinton
Gumee, Jr. , David Wallace, W. R. Curtis, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, 9/15/97; MLR, Bk. G, (H&I),
pp. 328, 329; Locator of placer mine in King Solomon Basin [Port Valdez], 10/5/1897, MLR,
Bk. G, (H&I), p. 337ff.; Anderson to PWS Mining & Development Co. 11/23/97,
MLR, Bk. G, (H&I), p. 366-67;
Anderson, David. Passenger on
Helen Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco,
3/20/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Anderson, E. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Anderson, Ed. Brown sends to help
Dr. Townsend bring sick men to Valdez from Barrett's Camp. Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p.
40;
Anderson, Emil. Passenger List --
Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian,
4/10/98;
Anderson, F.G. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Anderson, G. A. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Anderson, Gus. Witness to
Limoseth, QCMDR, 1898, p. 17; Witness to H. F. Jennings sale of "Copper King
Claim" to J. Jacobsen, PWSMDR, Bk 2, p. 279; Notice of Location Located 8/10/99: C.
Noren, H. Torgeson, G. Anderson, O. Hanson, O. Anderson, F. Harris, witness Hazelet &
Meals, Chisna area, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks. J&F), p. 157;
Anderson, H.A. (See also Henry
Anderson); Passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle for Yakutat Bay and Valdes,
3/24/98; party of 37 from Sioux City, IA led by J. N. Henry were to be dropped off at
Yakutat, the others apparently headed for Valdes, Seattle P-I, 3/25/98;
Anderson, Hans. Passenger on
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle for Yakutat Bay and Valdes, 3/24/98; party of 37 from
Sioux City, IA led by J. N. Henry were to be dropped off at Yakutat, the others apparently
headed for Valdes, Seattle P-I, 3/25/98;
Anderson, Henry. Born: MN, May
1869, C1900 ; Hometown: Port Angeles, WA; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
Anderson, James. Passenger on
steam schooner Noyo, departing Seattle 3/15/98 for Copper River ports with a few
passengers for Juneau and Skagway, Seattle P-I, 3/16/98;
Anderson, J. L. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Anderson, -. (Mrs. J. L.).
Passenger list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes,
Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Anderson, J. W. Arrived in Valdez
on schooner St. Lawrence, 3/31/98, with Roy McCoy, Rolla Walker, Joe Bell, Fred Scott,
[J.] W. Anderson [of Woodman, WI], Ed Edwards, and Frank Markert, Pendleton letter in
Grant County Herald, 8/4/98; In party from Wisconsin including John Pendleton, Ed Edwards,
Roll[a] Walker, Frank Markert, Joe Bell, Fred Scott, J.W. Anderson [Mills, WI], E.L.
[Roy?] McCoy, Letter from McCoy in Grant County Herald (Lancaster, WI) 4/28/98; Walker,
Bell, Anderson and Scott carve headstone for snowslide victims, Pendleton Letter, Grant
Count Herald, 8/4/98; Tells Conger they are getting some good diggings at Quartz Creek,
11/8/98, Conger, p. 160;
Anderson, John W. (Name appears
twice on passenger list, duplication or coincidence?) Passenger on the Rival departing
Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Anderson, John W. (Name appears
twice on passenger list, duplication or coincidence?) Passenger on the Rival departing
Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Anderson, Ole. Notice of
Location, Located 8/10/99; C. Noren, H. Torgeson, G. Anderson, O. Hanson, O. Anderson, F.
Harris, witness Hazelet & Meals, Chisna area, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks.J&F), p. 157;
Anderson, P. Passenger list for
the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Anderson, P. Name listed, Crary
Diary, 6/28/1898, p. 8;
Anderson, P. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Anderson, Peter. Waiting in
Seattle with Louis Hanson for Excelsior to depart, Seattle P-I, 2/9/98;
Anderson, R. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Andrews, J. D. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Archer, Private -. Drowns,
Koehler in Glenn & Abercrombie, p. 601; Powell gives watch to keep safe; part of
Schrader's group, dies in the Archer River, Powell, Trailing, p. 54;
Arden, B. Brown gives one suit
underwear, Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p. 41;
Armstrong, R. V. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Arney, John. At Copper Center with Will
McClarty and John Arney, Interview with B. F. Millard, Seattle P-I, 10/27/98;
Arnold, H. List of prospectors
crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
Arnold, H. W. (See also: H.
Arnold); Passenger, steam schooner National City, departing Portland, OR, 3/14/98 with
"by far the larger number of her passengers" bound for the Copper River, but a
few for Dyea/Skagway, Portland Oregonian, 3/15/98; Locator, 1898, QCMDR, p. 44;
Arnold, James. Passenger, steam
schooner National City, departing Portland, OR, 3/14/98 with "by far the larger
number of her passengers" bound for the Copper River, but a few for
Dyea/Skagway, Portland Oregonian, 3/15/98; [Note both J[ames] W. and James Arnold on
National City];
Arnold, James W. Locator, QCMDR,
1898, p. 140; witness for Mourer, QCMDR, 1898, p. 17; for Schilling, QCMDR, 1898, p. 22;
1899, witness for Ohlhausen; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 144; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 151;
witness for F. A. Henry, QCMDR, 1898, p. 153;
Arnold, W. List of prospectors crossing
Valdez Glacier, May 29, 1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
Ash, Ed A. Passenger list for the
schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98; Subscribed
to a relief station fund for 1899 on Valdez Glacier, in Valdez, 1898, CS1;
Auerbach, E. Passenger, steam
schooner National City, departing Portland, OR, 3/14/98 with "by far the larger
number of her passengers" bound for the Copper River, but a few for Dyea/Skagway,
Portland Oregonian, 3/15/98;
Auerbeck, E. L. Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Aultgren, C. A. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Ayers, -. Brings Hazelet mail,
Hazelet Diary, 5/14/98;
Aylsworth, J. J. (See Ailsworth,
Seattle P-I); Identified as member of Whitney party; Note; Whitney party was on Excelsior,
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