Ba-Bey
Baasen, Richard V. (Dick, Conger,
p. 97); Hometown: MN, Member of Conger's party, Conger xxxii; Mentioned in letter about D.
Wherley's accidental shooting of Roy Murfin, Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98;
Babcock, First Lt. Walter C. In
charge of constructing Trans-Alaska Military Road, Report of first lieut. Walter C.
Babcock, Eighth U.S. Cavalry, from April 26, 1899, to October 9, 1899, Abercrombie, 1900;
Babel, Martin. Passenger list for
the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Bacon, -. (See also W. S. Baken);
Appointed to committee to draft laws and limits of Port Valdez Mining District, 3/19/1898,
VMDR, p.3;
Bailey, C. M. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Bailey, William B. Hometown: Seattle, WA; First-class passenger on steamer Alliance,
departing Seattle 2/15/98, Seattle P-I, 2/16/98, p. 10; Member of Keystone Company;
Baird, Jim. Hometown: Ellensburg,
WA; Passenger list -- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98 with A. S.
Kirkpatrick, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98; Helped Bryan Pearson pull up first bench,
4/27/1898, Pearson, CS1, p. 185; At Copper Center winter of 1898-1899; donated medicine to
hospital on way out to Valdez, Guiteau, Louis, Death Trail, The Alaskana, pp. 3-8; Pearson
left Copper Center for Slana with Jim Baird and A. Kirkpatrick. Text ambiguous.
Baird & Kirkpatrick could have joined Pearson and gone across divide into
Tanana country, Pearson, CS1, p. 187;
Baird, R. S. (E?) Born in OH,
March 1851, C1900; Hometown: name of city illegible, WI, C1900; Passenger List -- Steam
Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian,
4/10/98; Arrived in Alaska, Nov. 1897, C1900; Co-locators on 3/7/1899, F. Smith, A. M.
Hendrie, F. R. Wortham, R.S. Baird, S. C. Moore, J. H. Bell, F. Scott, J. Parsons, E.
Rape,
UKMDR, p. 165;
Baken, W. S. (or Baker?)
Discovered claim Mineral Creek Area, 6/20/1898 with H. D. Bartlett, F. W. Hoyt, H. E. L.
King, H. Smith, C. B. Smith, J. W. Smith, and F. G. Bartlett. Filed 3/17/99, VMDR,
p. 102;
Baker, C. G. Locator, QCMDR, p.
100;
Baker, Geo. Hometown: North side,
Chicago, IL: Dooley reports he died at Copper Center, Dooley Diary, 3/12/99; Listed in
names & address section, Dooley Diary;
Baker, James S. Arctic Mining
Company, i.e. Crary party, W. H. Crary Diary, 6/29/1898, pp. 2 ff; Witness for Crary Claim
on Copper River, 7/29/1898; "California Placer Claim," on Slate Creek, W. H.
Crary Diary, p. 2;
Baker, S. E. Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Baker, S. W. Hometown: Tucone,
AZ; Listed in names and addresses, Dooley Diary;
Baker, W. S. See W. S. Baken;
Baldins, E. M. Hometown:
Sacramento, CA; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 35; witness to Folan, p. 51;
Banett, John. (Possibly Barett);
Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle
P-I, 3/23/98;
Banks, C. S. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Bare, Capt. Leonard. Captain of
the Moonlight for Conn. & AK Mining & Trading Co., Gold Hunters, p. 26;
Barett, John. (Possibly Banett);
Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle
P-I, 3/23/98;
Barker, Charles. Joins Margeson
& Butler brothers on trip from Klutina to Copper City and down Copper River in October
on way back to states, Margeson, Gold Hunters, pp. 225 ff;
Barker, W. Died of scurvy,
5/9/99, Seattle Times, 7/7/99 in Townsend Letters;
Barnes, F. C. Kertchem Party;
Files for Valdez townsite and placer claims, 3/10, 1898, Kertchem letter, VMDR, p. 31;
Barnett, O. (Also O. Burnett,
Portland Oregonian, 3/6/98); Hometown: Lincoln, NE; Passenger list--Steam schooner Albion,
departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98; In party with W. Sweet, F. Wortman
(Workman), O. Burnett (Barnett), John Blair from Lincoln, NE, Portland Oregonian, 3/6/98;
Barnhart, M. S. V-Lot, Index, p.
36;
Barnum, W. P. Hometown: Beaver Falls,
in Townsend party. Beaver
Falls Weekly Tribune, 1/26/98. see Townsend Journals;
Barr, H. A. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Barratt, Doc. (See also: Dr.
Barrett); Crossed Valdez Glacier, 1898; Died of scurvy at Copper Center winter of
1898-1899, Guiteau, Louis, Death Trail, The Alaskana, pp. 3-8;
Barrett, Dr. -. (See also: Doc
Barratt?) Attended Murfin of Conger's party who was accidently shot on the glacier,
Guiteau Diary, 3/10/1898;
Barrett, Anna L. (Also Mrs. June
J; later, Ana, Mrs. Koon[s]; Mrs. Edwards); Born: Luudswall, Sweden, 12/24/1874, Pioneers;
Hometown: St. Paul, MN, Arrived in Alaska April 1898, C1900; St. Anne's Creek named for
her, Golden Cross? p. 46; Filed in 1898-1899, VMDR, pp. 113, 172; Crossed Valdez Glacier
in 1898, BS, p. 44; Filed claim 1898-1899 in TMDR, p. 60; travels with Remington party, in
Manker Creek Stampede with Capt. Teeters, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Delander, Shorty Wagey, NE.
Oleson; baked excellent cranberry pies, p. 62; "Mrs. Dolling and Mrs. Barrett of
Amy's ran away with Doc Dinsmore. Mr. B went after them with a shotgun and brought
his wife back." 11/11/1898, Crary, Diary, p. 16; the business person in Barrett
family, Golden Cross?, p. 35; Travels with Remington party, in Manker Creek Stampede with
Capt. Teeters, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Delander, Shorty Wagey, NE. Oleson, Golden Cross? p. 41;
Subscribed to a relief station fund for 1899 on Valdez Glacier, in Valdez, 1898, CS1;
V-Lot, Index, p. 44; Location Notice, Landlock/Galena Bay, Aug. 13, 1899, PWSMDR Bk. 2, p.
197, witness Oscar Larson, Ph. de Foutville (Fontville); Location notice for "The
Daisy," Abercrombie Gulch, 1/19/99, witness: Dr. A.
Von Gunther, VMDR, p. 113; also witness for Mrs. Von Gunther, p. 110; Location notice for
the "Little Anna," Abercrombie Gulch, 1/19/99, witness: Mrs. Anna Barrett, VMDR,
p. 114; Location Notice, by Anna Barrett "W. D. Torrey Lode Claim," in Climax
Gulch, Klowasana River 5 miles from junction with Kotsina River, witnesses J. W. Finch, H.
R. Leslei, J. A. Fish, VMDR, p. 172;
Barrett, Anthony L. Born: Canada,
March 1860, C1900; Hometown: Ehna, IO; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
Barrett, G. T. Associate of R. C.
Johnston, advised against looking for placer gold mining in the Copper River Country,
Seattle P-I, 11/13/97;
Barrett, June J. Husband of Anna
Barrett; Filed claim 1898-1899 in TMDR, p. 61; with Charles & Grant Remington,
whipsawing timber on Klutina, Golden Cross? p. 30, 35, badly frost-bitten, later died in
Dawson, 1899? p. 70-71; Tells Conger's party the outlook is good at Teikhell, Conger,
10/25/98;
Barrey, -. Walker brothers (Frank
& Fox?) leave Twelve-mile 11/15/98 with Barrey, Fain, Henry Krohn, caught in storm,
Krohn dies in Valdez, Brown in Glenn & Abercrombie, p. 623;
Barrington, C. P. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I, 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98; (Barrington & Jenning both on Valencia); With Jenning on top of 4th
Bench, Valdez Glacier, 6/14/1898, Crary Diary. p.7;
Barry, R. B. 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;
Bartlett, Frank G. Born: WI, Oct.
1853, C1900; Hometown: Forman, ND; Arrived in Alaska, April 1898, C1900; Discovered claim
Mineral Creek Area, 6/20/1898 with H. D. Bartlett, F. W. Hoyt, H. E. L. King, H. Smith, C.
B., Smith, J. W. Smith, and W. S. Baken. Filed 3/17/99, VMDR, BK. 1; Filed in VMDR,
p. 29, (Goat Valley, Mineral Creek) 59, 96, 102; Elected to Township Committee 10/10/1898,
CS1; p. 86; Township Committee meets at Bartlett Drug Store, CS1, p. 87; Donated to
building relief station on Valdez Glacier, Sept. 1898, Bourke notes, CS1; Subscribed to a
relief station fund for 1899 on Valdez Glacier, in Valdez, 1898, CS1; Brown leases a house
from for hospital, Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p. 40; Location notice Homer & F. G.
Bartlett, head of first bay west of Glacier Bay, PWSMDR Bk. 2, p. 219;
Bartlett, H. D. Discovered claim
Mineral Creek Area, 6/20/1898 with H. D. Bartlett, F. W. Hoyt, H. E. L. King, H. Smith,
C.B., Smith, J. W. Smith, and W. S. Baken. Filed 3/17/99, VMDR. p. 102;
Bartlett, J. H. First-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Bartlett, S. J. Location Notice
for claim on Mineral Creek with I. Rice, S. J. Bartlett, Barb Cauvey, Otis Moore, Mrs. W.
M. Smith, J. A. Smith, J. D. Smith, C. B. Smith 6/28/98, in VMDR, p. 105;
Bashford, L. (Benton Harbor, MI);
Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez,
Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Basin, John. (Name problematic,
difficult to read); Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper
River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Bates, Ben. Hometown: Boston, MA;
Professional boatbuilder, Guiteau meets on Klutina, long passages in Guiteau Diary,
5/14/1898; 6/14/1898; "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;
Batsford, James A. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Bauson, R. V. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Bayless, Dave (?). Hometown:
Macom (?), IL, Names and address list, Dooley Diary;
Bayless, I. M. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Beach, A. B. Passenger on Helen
Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco, 3/20/98,
Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Beach, Irving. V-Lot, Index, p. 20;
Beach,L. H. 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;
Bean, C. O. Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Beard, William. Describes blizzard
unloading across ice from steamer and difficult conditions in crossing Valdez Glacier,
Letter from Watkins and Beard, Seattle P-I, 3/26/98;
Beaton, Angus. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Beatson, A. K. Born: NY, July 1854,
C1900; Hometown: Oakland, CA; At 1897 Miners Meeting. 6/11/1897, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p.1;
First-class passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 2/15/98, for Dyea &
Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/16/98, p. 10; Title Bond to mining property, Gladhaugh and
Beatson,1898, PWSMDR, Bk 2, p. 69; also PWSMDR Bk. 1, p. 77; Location notice on Latouche
Island: Ripstein, Beatson, Beyer, Gladhough, Heidorn, & W. E. Hunt,
PWSMDR, Bk. 2, May, 1898, p. 16;
Beattie, J. J. Hometown: Juneau,
AK; Located No. 16 (King Solomon's Basin), 10/1/1897; MLR, Bk. G, (H&I), p. 349;
Mining Deed, Beattie to Prince William Sound Mining and Development Co. 12/20/97, MLR, Bk.
G, (H&I), p. 378-379;
Beatty, -. Dooley attends
religious services from Boy and Beatty (probably Rev. S. T Beatty) at Rapids, Diary,
2/5/98;
Beatty, H. Locator, QCMDR, 1898,
p. 64; witnessed by H. T. Beatty;
Beatty, H. T. Locator, QCMDR,
1898, witnessed to H. Beatty, p. 64;
Beatty, Isaac. Starts for Valdez
with James with letter about George's death but turns back because of weather, 9/7/1898;
Beatty, James. T. Locator, QCMDR,
1898, p. 67; Starts for Valdez with Isaac with letter about George's death but turns back
because of weather, Beatty Letter, 9/7/1898;
Beatty, L. Hometown: San Jose,
CA. Filed in 1898-1899 VMDR, p. 138; V-Lot, Index , p.28; Appointed the first post master
in Valdez in Abercrombie 1900, p. 26; Brought chickens to Valdez in 1898, A. Powell,
Trailing. p. 31. Mr. & Mrs. Beatty donated stove and can of oil to relief station on
Valdez Glacier, Sept. 1898, Bourke Notes, CS1;
Beatty, Isabel (Mrs. L.). San
Jose, CA. Born: New York City, Nov. 1844, C1900; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900 ;
V-Lot, Index, p. 79; Brought chickens to Valdez in 1898, Powell, Trailing, p. 31; Mr.
& Mrs. Beatty donated stove and can of oil to relief station on Valdez Glacier, Sept.
1898, Bourke notes, CS1; Experienced trances, predicted arrival of a boat on Jan. 18,
1899. Steamer Wolcott arrived unexpectedly, A. Powell, Trailing, p. 97-98;
Beatty, Mike A. (Also: Beaty
[QCMDR, p. 58]. Hometown: MN; Member of Conger's party from Minnesota, Conger, xxxii;
Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez,
Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 30; Witness to Peters, QCMDR, p. 58; Conger
meets M. Beatty and F. Guyer on way to Copper Center as he heads north, 2/14/99,
Conger, p. 198; Mentioned in letter about D. Wherley's accidental shooting of Roy Murfin,
Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98;
Beatty, Rev. Squire Trevelyn. Born:
1864; Died: 1910; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 61; witness to J. T. Beatty; Nephew George
drowns in Klutina River, late August 1989, Beatty Letter, 9/4/1898; McClellan party
"turned out in the full force and put up a splendid cabin, 16 x 18 feet in the clear,
for us at the head of the rapids, I helping them all I could, but with practiced woodsmen
from
Minnesota, I felt rather incompetent. We will move down as soon as we can, as it is
the nearest point to our claims." Beatty letter, 10/8/98;
Beauden, A. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing
Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Beck, Jack. Born: Russia, Oct.
year unknown, C1900 ; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA; Probably Hazelet's "Old Beck",
John (C1900 ); List of prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, May 29, 1898, W. H. Crary
Diary, p. 5; V-Lot, Index, p. 68; Appointed to committee with Dempsey and Kortright, 1898,
CS1; p. 2; Location notice for "Summit Claim," "Ruby No. 1," John
Beck, W. Robert, C. A. Spongberg at Duck Bay east side of Knight Island, 7/25/1899,
PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 212; PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 142-145;
Becker, Bill. Hometown: Freeport,
IL; Part of Guiteau party, crossed Valdez Glacier in 1898, Guiteau, Louis, Death Trail,
The Alaskana (Sept. 1972), pp. 3-8; Guiteau Diary, passim.; Guiteau party splits: Kingsley
& Becker leave; Philo Snow & Guiteau go on together; Guiteau Diary, 6/3/1898;
joined Missouri boys and wrecked on lower Klutina rapids, Guiteau Diary, 6/13/98;
Beckman, John. 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;
Beckstrom, A. 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;
Bedale, T. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Bedlish, J. Hometown: CA; Principal
with Young of Chicago in dispute resolved at Miner's meeting, Dooley Diary, 5/31/98;
Behren, (?) Chas. F. Co-locators,
3/11/1899, Carvey, Melley, C. F. Behren, T. Mamon, L. A. Dicker, Jas. Rogan, L. Swenson,
J. Hanalin, UKMDR;
Behrens, Henry. Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY. In April 30 avalanche with Christopher, rescued, Bourke Journal, p.
32;
Belknap, C. G. Passenger,
schooner Phelps, departing Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
Bell, James H. Co-locators on 3/7/1899,
F. Smith, A. M. Hendrie, F. R. Wortham, R. S. Baird, S. C. Moore, J. H. Bell, F.
Scott, J. Parsons, E. Rape, UKMDR,p. 165; Location notice with A. M. Hendrie, Galena Bay,
8/25/1899, PWSMDR, Bk 2, p. 211; p. 271;
Bell, Joe. Hometown: Potosi, WI;
Arrived in Valdez on schooner St. Lawrence, 3/31/98, with Roy McCoy, Rolla Walker, Joe
Bell, Fred Scott, W. Anderson, Ed Edwards, and Frank Markert, Pendleton letter in 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, 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; Caught in snowstorm on Quartz Creek with Simonstad, Miller,
Nelson, Jacobsen, and Faber in 1898, Powell, Trailing. p. 159; Lost his dog, Grant County
Herald, 5/5/98;
Bell, John. (See also John Reil);
Hometown: Juneau, AK; Witness to W. S. Phillips claim 11/14/98 QCDMR, p. 54; guide, lifted
off his feet by strong winds while crossing glacier, 11/7/1898, Brown in Glenn &
Abercrombie, p. 623; Listed in names & address section, Dooley Diary;
Bell, L. V-Lot, Index, p. 81;
Bell, W. J. 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;
Bellum, Doc. (Chief Billum of the
Taral tribe, Golden Cross? p. 109). Ahtna Indian. Rohn stops at his place with
Millard & Warner on way to copper claim on Kotsina, Abercrombie 1900, pp. 114-115;
Powell's conversation with old Doctor Bellum, Trailing, pp. 276-277; Has ferry on Copper
River, but white men get franchise and take it away from him, Powell, Trailing, p. 283 and
Miles Brothers photograph labeled "Dr. Billam's Siwash Ferry across the Copper,"
(Valdez Museum, P1986.117.54); At Copper Center, advises Copper River Joe's party not to
go near spur on Mr. Blackburn, Golden Cross? pp. 108-109; help ford river, Golden Cross?
p. 124; effect of white hunting on Billum's flock of Mt. Goats, Golden Cross? p. 139;
Bempton, Aug. Worked on relief
station on Valdez Glacier, Sept. 1898, CS1;
Bence, Private -. (See also
Private Bench); On Abercrombie's trip across Valdez Glacier with packtrain, Glenn and
Abercrombie, p. 566;
Bench, Private -. Koehler in Glenn
& Abercrombie, p. 609; also Abercrombie, passim. in Glenn & Abercrombie.
Bender -. At July 30, 1898
Meeting of the Valdez Mining District, VMDR, p. 14;
Benedict, F. L. Passenger List --
Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian,
4/10/98; Conducts funeral for Louis Mightener who drowned at first timber, Pearson
Journal, CS1, p. 185;
Benedict, Neal D. Hometown:
Seville, FL. Margeson/Benedict trip, Gold Hunters, p. 9; Benedict, Gasteldi, Lawrentz,
Gittner, and Potts decide to return to States after reaching Copper River, Margeson, Gold
Hunters, p. 171;
Benjaman, -. Conducts regular
services [Masonic?] along the trail, accompanied in early July by Bro. Foster and Mrs.
Dodge, Pearson Journal, CS1, p. 185;
Bennett, C. F. (C. F. [QCMDR]; C.
L. [UKMDR]). Filed claim in 1898-1899 TMDR, p. 81; Locator with C. L. Warner, QCMDR,
Jan. 1899, p. 93;
Bennett, C.L. C. F. (QCMDR); C.
L. (UKMDR) Locator, UKMDR, 3/18/1899, p. 65;
Bensen, Harry A. Passenger list
for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Bensire, A. S. (Middle initial a
guess); Passenger traveling with his wife on schooner Phelps, departing Seattle 4/5/98,
Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
Bensire, Effie. (Last name a guess
based on proximity to Mr. & Mrs. Bensire); Passenger, schooner Phelps, departing
Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
Bensire, -. (Mrs. A. S.). (Middle
initial a guess); Passenger traveling with her husband on schooner Phelps, departing
Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
Benson, -. In party of four
Swedes (Wann, Colby, Newberg and Benson) with Hazelet on Copper River, Hazelet Diary,
6/12/98; 6/26/98; 8/30/98; Newberg, Benson & Wann arrive at Hazelet's camp on
Chistochina, 2/19/99;
Benson, Peter. (Peter Bronson,
Dooley); Crossing Glacier winter 1899 with Charles Johnson, broke through ice, froze to
death, in Beaver Falls Weekly Tribune in Townsend Letters; "report is that Bronson
froze to death in an attempt to reach Port Valdez by a new route near 3 bench 6 miles from
timber. Johnson got in alive and that is all" Dooley Diary, 2/15/98; Peter Benson
fell through ice on glacier and froze to death winter 1899; Johnson arrives Groo camp
following death of partner on Feb. 3, back from trying to reach Valdez, Groo Diary;
Benson, P. A. Location Notice
with V. H. Nitschie, QCMDR, 9/18/98, p. 33. (May be Peter Benson who fell into river and
froze to death, see Charles Johnson);
Bent, H. A. Hometown: MA;
Passenger on steamer Wolcott, left Seattle for Copper River, 11/20/97, member of Doc
Tanner's party, Seattle P-I, 11/21/97; Doc Tanner Party. San Francisco Examiner, in CS2,
p. 83;
Berg, Charles. V-Lot, Index, p.
67;
Berg, Phil. Hometown:
Neillsville, WI; The Alaska party composed of Warren Southard, Louie Brillion, Joe
Dillman, Phil Berg, Fred Sturdevant, Gus Klopf, Fred Elder, and George Vine left
Neillsville, 1/17/98, Neillsville News, 1/20/98; Passenger on the Rival departing Port
Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Has arrived in Valdez after a pleasant
trip on the Rival from Port Townsend, WA, Neillsville News, 3/24/98;
Bergh, Axel. 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;
Bergmann, J. S. (J. S. Bergman,
Seattle P-I); 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; V-Lot, Index, p. 39;
Beringer, Fritz. Location notice,
Latouche, June 1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 136;
Bergstrom, Martin. 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;
Berkeley, G. W. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Bettel, James. (See James
Bettles); Location Notice with Fulmore, Bettel, Ohlemutz; Judge Claim, Latouche, 8/10/97,
PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 31;
Bettles, James. (Jas); Location notice:
7/28/97: Latouche I. PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 132; Location Notice: Bonanza No. 1 & 2 mine,
Latouche, 1/19/98, PWSMDR, Bk 1, p. 41; Files claim at Herring Bay, Knight Island, June
1898, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, 1898-1900, p. 53;
Betts, C.L. (Also, C.E. Betts,
Seattle PI); Hometown: Spokane, WA; First-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing
Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; On Corner's jury. Coroner's
report depicting death Joseph Fournier et al. on Valdez Glacier, 5/2/98; At first Valdez
Mining District Meeting, Bk. 1. VMDR; Filed claims Glacier Island, 8/8/1898, PWSMDR, BK.
2, 1898-1900, p. 28;
Betts, George. Quitting on Valdez
Glacier and going home probably
because of homesickness, Kappelman Letter.
Beyer, William Carl Luckner. ("Beyer"
in Pioneers Rec. based on birth certificates; "Beyers" Town Minutes 4/23/98);
Place of birth: Germany; arrived in Alaska 1889 (C1900); fur trader at Chenega; first came
to Valdez area in 1892 bear hunting with Lew Brown and Jack Shephard, Anon. Researcher,
Valdez Museum Collection; Had cabin at head of Port Valdez near later site of Hangtown
before 1898. Located Olga Mine at Latouche in 1897 but did not record; relocated by
C. H. Lind and recorded in 1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 62; Chairman of first citizen's meeting
to organize a town in Port Valdez, April 23, 1898, Minutes, CS1; Location Notice for Blue
Rock Mine #1, #2 on Herring Bay, Knight I, 3/28/98, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 43-44; V-Lot, Index,
p.12; Location notice on Latouche Island: Ripstein, Beatson, Beyer, Gladhough, Heidorn,
&W.E. Hunt, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, May, 1898, p. 16;