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Maas, John. 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;
MacCabe, Duncan. Location
notice with Christiansen, Blumauer, Black, MacCabe, Abercrombie at head of small bay on
east side of Port Well, 9/8/1899 PWSMDR, Bk. 2;
MacDonald, W. L. Passenger
boarded the steamer Wolcott in San Francisco, left Seattle for Copper River, 11/20/97,
Seattle P-I, 11/21/97;
Mackin, John. 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; With Groo and Clancy boat
building on Klutina, 5/27/98 ff, decides to quit, 7/9/98; apparently went to another area,
Groo meets again 11/22/98; Groo Diary; Conger meets Mackin and Fields on 5/14/99 on upper
Copper River, Conger, p. 230;
MacKy, -. (See Macky);
Macky, Evert. 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;
Madden, George. (See also
George Maddern); Hometown: Eldora, IL; Listed in names & address section, Dooley
Diary;
Maddern, George. (See also
George Madden); Passenger with George Dooley on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA
3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Madigan, D. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Mahar, John. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Mahle, George. (See George
Mohler, G. Mahler);
Mahler, George. (See also
George Mohler); Visits Conger's camp, 5/15/99, Conger, p. 230, 232; with Bill Tiner,
camped 3 miles above, 6/22/99, Conger, p. 236;
Maddox, Ed. Born: KY,
April 1869, C1900; Hometown: La Grange, KY; Arrived in Alaska, May 1898, C1900;
Mahler, George. Visits
Conger's camp, 5/15/99, Conger, p. 230, 232; with Bill Tiner, camped 3 miles above,
6/22/99, Conger, p. 236;
Mahlo, Emil. Valdez
Township Committee hires 5/4/1898 to survey corners of
township blocks, Minutes, CS1, p. 77b; Topographical assistant to Abercrombie
Expedition placed in charge of the exploration of Konsena and Tasnuna valleys. Departs
7/18/1898, Glenn and Abercrombie, p. 302-303;
Mahrhotz, O. First-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Maine, -. Hometown: Spirit Lake,
IA; Hazelet reaches camp of Ackley, Maine and Roff on Gakona, Hazelet Diary, 11/6/98;
Makiesport Party. (Also
Mckeesport party, Conger, p. 246) ; Conger meets, 6/30/99, Conger, p. 237; left with H.
Croop;
Malley, Bill. Twin to Josh
Malley, crew on Hera, stutterer, very quiet, brother better boat builder, Golden Cross?
p.13;
Malley, Josh. Twin to Bill
Malley, crew on Hera, stutterer, good boat builder, Golden Cross? p. 13;
Malmgren, Victor T. Hometown:
Chicago, IL; 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: William and John Williams, V. T.
Malmgren, F. A. Henry, J. E. Forbes and O. Peterson came up together on the National
City]; Filed in TMDR, 1898; QCMDR, 9/1/98, Locator, p. 59; Co-locators: F. McCormick, J.
F. Sweeny, Wm. Wiliams, A. C. Ohlhavsen, O. Peterson, Malmgren, John Williams, F. A.
Henry, Chas. Johnson, QCMDR, p. 101; Notice of amended location 6/26/99 by Sweeny, W.
Williams, Ohlhausen, O. Peterson, Malmgren, J. Williams, Henry, C. Johnson, Pollard, Kain,
Hamlen, Ward, Sender, Bush, Onstad, J. H. Smith, McCormick, QCMDR, p. 108; Bruce, H.
Smith, Oscar Peterson, Malmgren, & Leveross arrived in Valdez 11/7/98 from interior;
going outside to get pack animals and return in Feb; Brown in Glenn and Abercrombie, p.
623;
Malone, J. L. Hometown:
Boston, MA; Advance scout with M. E. Dugan on way to Copper River for North American
Mining & Transportation Co., reportedly with 100 members ready in Boston to leave on
their steamer Iris for Seattle; intended to put Iris in regular service between Seattle
and Copper River, Seattle P-I, 2/16/98;
Malone, Llewellyn J. (Lon
Malone); Locator, No. 44 above canyon on Manker Creek, 10/18/98, witnesses H. B. Pearson,
J. S. Gordon,TMDR, p. 40; Pearson works with Hy Miller, H. Cole, J. Lavioss, Lon Malone,
Capt. Lewis, Borden, Rosenthal at lake in Aug. 1898, Pearson Journal Extracts, CS1, p.
185; 10/4/98; Pearson, Bradbury, Kendricks, Malone, Lewis, & Merchant. have dinner
together, Pearson Journal Extracts, CS1, p. 185;
Mam, William. (Handwriting
difficult, could be Mann); Witness, QCMDR, 1898, p. 4;
Mamlock, Julius B.
Hometown: Tacoma, WA; Locator, 8/3/98, "Edna M." Placer
Claim No. 53 above canyon, Manker Creek, Recorded by W. D. McGee by
power-of-attorney, 8/26/98, TMDR, p. 16; power-of-attorney, 3/21/98, TMDR, p. 17; may not
have come to Alaska.
Mamon, Charley. Bear story,
Powell, Trailing, pp. 346-347;
Mamon, Thos. UKMDR,
Co-locators on 3/11/1899, Carvey, Melley, C. F. Behren, T. Mamon, L. A. Dicker, Jas.
Rogan, L. Swenson, J. Hanalin;
Manhattan Boys. See
Manhattan Mining Co;
Manhattan Mining Co. (Also
Manhattan Boys, Dooley Diary), Margeson gets help from two friends with the Manhattan
Mining Co. to Copper Center, Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 226; Mentioned Golden Cross?,
Chapter 4; lend Remington party boat to cross Lake Tonsina, p. 43; "Kern went to
Manhattan Boy's at foot of lake and stayed all night. One of the boys is dead and
one not expected to live at Valdez," Dooley Diary, 1/3/99; "Harry Sogn and Henry
of Manhattan Boys came and stopped over night." Dooley Diary, 1/10 & 15/99;
Babcock reports finding their abandoned camp, Subreport in Glenn & Abercrombie, p.
770ff;
Manifold, F. D. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Manion, Tom. 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;
Manker, James, A. Born:
Martinsville, IN, 9/16/1854, Pioneers; Hometown: Tacoma, WA; Mining Agreement between
Rudolph Agassiz (Hamilton, MA) and James Manker, a miner, 3/18/1898, ML, Bk G (H&I),
p. 720-723; Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River
3/22/98, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98; Received power-of-attorney from Rennrelete
(?) TMRD, p 62; McGee, Shelton, Manker and Dempsey original locators of Manker Creek
find,1898, The Golden Cross? p. 41; Co-locator with R. S. Agassiz, "Sky Light"
Placer Claim, No. 1 above gorge on O'Brien Creek, 10/15/98, witnesses H. Smith, W. D.
McGee, TMDR, p. 20; 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;
Locator, "Eureka", quartz claim on O'Brien Creek, 10/10/98, witnesses H. Smith
& W. D. McGee, TMDR, p. 59; Locator, placer claim on Hertle Creek, 10/12/98, witnesses
H. Smith & W. D. McGee, TMDR, p. 59; Witness to W. D. McGee, QCMDR, 1898, p. 19;
Locator, QCMDR, 1898, pp. 37; 41; James A. Manker proof of labor for W. C. McGee's
"Paystreak" and "Jasper," "O'Brien" placer claims on Hertle
Creek, 1899, TMDR, p. 22, 23, 25; proof of labor on Manker "Discovery" claim,
TMDR, 9/2/99, p. 24; Dooley moves camp to Manker Creek Camp on discovery claim and has
dinner with Jim Manker, Dooley Diary, 2/27/99;
Mann, Wm. J. (W. J.
Mann, Seattle P-I; Wm. Mann, QCMDR); 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; Locator, 9/17/98, J. Little witness, QCMDR, p. 89;
Mannax, K. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98;
Manners, Arthur.
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;
Manners, Theodore.
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;
Manning, A. First-class
passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 2/16/98, for Dyea & Valdez, Seattle
P-I, 2/17/98;
Manning, Charles.
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;
Manning, H. W. Passenger
list--Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Manter, Ed. 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;
Marforden, -. (See
Marfording); Helped Bryan Pearson, CS1, p. 185; Marfording party on Albion with Pearson,
Portland Oregonian, 4/20/98;
Margeson, Charles A.
Hometown: Hornellsville, NY; Wrote excellent book, Gold Hunters in Alaska,
describing the Connecticut & Alaska Mining and Trading Co. trip to Alaska, across
Valdez glacier, down Klutina River to Copper Center, the expectations and gradual break-up
of the company; Witness with H. H. Sweet to E. Meyers, "Washington" Claim, No.
10 above Canyon on Manker Creek, 9/6/98, TMDR, p. 46; Locator, No. 19 above canyon on
Manker Creek, 7/27/98, relocated 8/15/98, witnesses Sweet & C. B. Smith, TMDR, p. 69;
October 1898, decides to leave company & return to the States, Margeson, Gold Hunters,
p. 225;
Markert, Frank. Hometown:
Lancaster, WI; 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; 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;
Marlatt, F. M. 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;
Marple, H. M. Passenger on
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 1/3/98, Seattle P-I, 1/4/98;
Marsh, G. G. Passenger
List--Steam Schooner Albion--Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland
Oregonian, 4/10/98;
Marshal, J. C. Witness to
location notice of Golden & Dittman, 9/17/98, QCMDR, p. 28;
Marshall, J. R. Hometown:
Mexico, MO; A. J. Wadman, J. R. Marshall, John Eckland, and Nels Hegland came back over
glacier together, winter 1898-99, took 6 days, Brown in Glenn and Abercrombie, p. 623;
Marston, 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;
Mart, A. W. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Martin, James. (Also Jim);
Partner with Treloar, winters at Chistochina, goes on to Dawson, Forty-mile, down Yukon,
back to Seattle, and CA. Also with: Fred "Ed" Corlis(s), William
"Will," Bill" Miller, and James Martin; spent time with along the trail:
Arch Black, Jack "Happy Jack" Costa, Ed Rasor, Hartly "Shortie" Clark,
Sam Patch, Treloar, Memoires;
Martin, W. B. Part of the
Doc Tanner episode. San Francisco Examiner, in CS2, p. 83;
Mass, Jacob. V-Lot, Index,
p. 22;
Mashard, E. H. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Mason, Charles. 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;
Mason, Loyd. Passenger
List--Steam Schooner Albion--Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland
Oregonian, 4/10/98;
Matson, S. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Matthews, Dr. -. Mentioned
by Hazelet, Hazelet Diary, 3/30/98;
Matthews, John A.
Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle
P-I, 3/23/98;
Matthews, W. S. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Mattson, Matt. (Also
Matson, both in Golden Cross?); At 8 mile camp during
avalanche; with Johnny Hanson and dog rescued from snowslide; part of group of 30 that
started for Wrangell Mt. area in Feb. 1899, Golden Cross?, pp. 12, 111ff;
Mauray, J. 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;
Maxton. R. First-class passenger
on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Maxwell, J. E. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98; Locator, 9/19/98 witnessed by McLeman, QCMDR, p. 97;
Mayhew, -. In "Happy
Jack" party, drops in to see Hazelet, Diary, 11/24/98;
Mayman, Charles. Born:
England, Sept. 1865, C1900; Arrived in Alaska, April 1898, C1900;
McAllese, J. (Last three
letters hard to read); Passenger list for steamer Alliance,
departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
McArdel, Patrick.
Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98;
McBride, J. 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;
McCabe, C. A. Seattle PI
lists as part of Great Northern party, but not on passenger list, (L. Lashway);
McCabe, Duncan. With
Powell in Valdez, Oct. 1898, A. Powell, Trailing, p. 87 ff;
McCall, Charles. (Also W.
C.); List of prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, Crary Diary, p. 5;
McCarthy, -. Dooley sees
Munroe and McCarthy's land claims, Diary, 8/8/98;
McCarthy, James. (Also
McCarty, "Mac," Powell); Locator, QCMDR, 1899, p. 139;
Location Notice on Blue Bird lode Chittyna area, 8/4/1899; ML, Bk. 3 (Bks. J & F), pp.
113,114, 115; Acquired Nicolai Copper Mine in 1899 with McClellan; went over Glacier in
1900 to Kotsina and Chityna with McClellan and large party, TVN, 1:40, 12/7/01. p. 3; 1:1.
3/06/01; His party travels with Oscar Rohn's Rice & Wayland's, McCarthy's party,
Downey party, and Holman on 6/19/99 through Keystone Canyon on Trans-Alaska Military
Trail, meets McClellan, Amy, Millard & others on Tsaina, Abercrombie 1900, p. 113ff;
Rohn gets supplies and horses from McCarthy, Abercrombie 1900, p. 116, 118;
McCarty, -. (see
McCarthy);
McCauley, John. Passenger,
schooner Phelps, departing Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
McCauley, Willard. Born:
Canada, Sept. 1862? C1900; Hometown: Chicago, IL
Arrived in Alaska, May 1898, C1900;
McClary, -. Worked on
relief station on Valdez Glacier, Sept. 1898, CS1;
McClellan, Dave. Arrives
with Miller from Chitina at Crary camp on Klutena.
11/22/1898, Crary, Diary Ms., p. 16;
McClellan, Reuben F. ("Fred,"
Also McClelland, Powell, Dooley, Seattle P-I); Born: ME, April 1860, C1900; Hometown:
Princeton, MN; Party of R. F. McClelland, E. A. Gates, W. Hatch, and Herbert T. Gates in
Seattle waiting for Excelsior to depart, Seattle P-I, 2/19/98; Arrived in Alaska, March
1898, C1900; QCMDR, 1898, witness, Gates p. 3; Hamlin, p. 86; Locator, p. 43; p. 90; 1899:
Locator, 8/18/1899, QCMDR, p. 156; Co-locators - Kain, Amy, McClellan, Sweeny, 7/5/99,
QCMDR, p. 160; Powell met (?) on Copper River in 1898, Powell, Trailing, p. 75; Arrives in
Copper Center with 3 men after going up to Dawson & back, Hazelet Diary, 9/11/98;
"McClelland cleared thirty thousand dollars from his camps." Beatty Letter,
9/30/98; McClelland outfit "turned out
in the full force and put up a splendid cabin, 16 x18ft. in the clear, for us at the head
of the [Amy's] rapids . . . with practiced woodsmen from Minnesota, I felt rather
incompetent," Beatty Letter, 10/8/98; Oscar Rohn reports McClellan, Amy and Millard
got through Keystone Canyon before Rice, Young, Donwey & Holman parties did on June
19th and are building trail at Tsaina when they catch up to them on the Tsaina,
Abercrombie 1900, p. 113ff; "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; Acquired Nicolai Copper Mine in 1899 with McCarty; UKMDR, 3/11/1899, p. 81;
Co-locators - Kain, Amy, McClellan, Sweeny, 7/5/99, QCMDR, for claims on the Konsina
[McCarthy area], p. 160;
McClelland, R. F. (See
R.F. McClellan);
McCloud, C. R. 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;
McClung, J. C. 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;
McClure, S. C.
Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/28/98;
McConnell, W. B. Witness
to Location notice Summers & Blum, landlocked Bay,
9/24/1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2. p. 229ff; Location notice: 9/21/1899 with McConnell, Summers,
Blum for Hecla Claim, Copper Mt. PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 132;
McCormick, Frank. (Also,
McCormack, Dooley); Hometown: San Francisco, CA;
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: Sender, W. and J. Williams, F. A. Henry,
Ward, Malmgren, all on National City]; Recorder, QCMDR, 1898, p. 1ff; Locator, p. 141;
witness to Sender, Onstad, pp. 20-21; Nitschie & Benson, p. 33; C. Johnson, p. 38;
Langworthy, p. 85; Strunk 98, Saches, p. 99; Ch. Gatd, p. 105; Co-locators: F. McCormick,
J. F. Sweeny, Wm. Wiliams, A. C. Ohlhavsen, O. Peterson, Malmgren, John Williams, F. A.
Henry, Chas. Johnson, QCMDR, p. 101; led a group to Quartz Creek, Sept. 1898, Golden
Cross?, p. 56-57; UKMDR, Locator with R. Gileneau, witness, 3/15/1898, p. 151; Description
of miners' meeting establishing Quartz Creek District and the claim area in Golden Cross?
p. 58-60; Dooley reports that McCormack was elected recorder, Dooley Diary, 9/17/98;
"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; Notice of
amended location 6/26/1899 by Sweeny, W. Williams, Ohlhausen, O. Peterson, Malmgren, J.
Williams, Henry, C. Johnson, Pollard, Kain, Hamlen, Ward, Sender, Bush, Onstad, J. H.
Smith,
McCormick, p. 108; 1899 Witness to Phillips, p. 124; Shultz, p. 130;
McCormick, P. R. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
McCoy, E. L. (Also
"Roy" McCoy); Hometown: Lancaster, 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; Elected to committee to adjust location of streets at
first citizens meeting to organize a town in Port Valdez, 4/23/98, Minutes, CS1; p. 76ff.
Member of Crary party; V-Lot, Index , p.15; Letter to wife describing ocean voyage,
bedbugs, seasickness, overcrowding, altercation with cook; mentions Ed Edwards and Rolla
Walker very sick; others on party [John] Pendleton, [Frank] Markert, [Joe] Bell, [Fred]
Scott, J. W. Anderson, E. L. [Roy?] McCoy, Letter, dated 3/4/98-3/22/98, Grant County
Herald (Lancaster, WI), 4/28/98;
McCoy, C. E. Location
Notice, "Bertha," 9/16/98, QCMDR, p. 14;
McCracken, -. Scurvy
victim brought out on April 29 by team sent by Brown, Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p. 40;
McCray, William. Passenger on
Helen Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco,
3/20/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
McCullough, C. B.
Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
McCullough, Dan. Died of scurvy,
2/21/99, Seattle Times, 7/7/99 in Townsend
Letters;
McDonald, A. (See Alex S.
McDonald); 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; (Note: Alex McDonald witness G. Davidson's Quartz Creek claim; both McDonald
and Davidson on Alliance);
McDonald, A. M. Witness
with Donaldson for Fred Smith, 5/19/98, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 53;
McDonald, Alex S. (Also
Al; see A. McDonald); List of prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, May 29, 1898, W. H.
Crary Diary, p. 5; Witness to G. Davidson, QCMDR, 1898, p. 42 (note: Davidson on Alliance
trip); to Webster, p. 52; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 71; Conger reports camped at Moose Camp
11/15/98 (mentioned in Remington, Golden Cross, p. 75), gave Conger sled, Conger, p. 171;
McDonald, John. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I,
3/23/98; Filed in TMDR, 1898, p. 15;
McDonald, L. Passenger
List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland
Oregonian, 4/10/98;
McDonald, L. 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;
McDowell, A. C. Witness for
Harrington, QCMDR, 1899, p. 120;
McDowell, A. S. List of
prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5; Locator, QCMDR,
1898, p. 71; Conger reports camped at Moose Camp 11/15/98; mentioned in Golden Cross? p.
75; gave Conger sled, Conger, p. 171;
McDowell, Bert. Born: MO,
Oct, Year not recorded, C1900; Hometown: Mexico, MO, C1900; Arrived Alaska, March 1898,
C1900; Locator, UKMDR, October 1898, p. 43; spends night with Groo at "Moose
Camp," 12/15/98; Groo visits Onstead, McDowell, at Quartz Creek, Groo Diary, 1/31/99;
McElroy, B. 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;
McEwing, Joseph. Passenger
List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland
Oregonian, 4/10/98;
McFall, N. A. (See also
McFaul); Port Valdez Mining District met at the McFaul & Co. bldg. 7/23/1898, Bk. 1,
VMDR; Donated to building relief station on Valdez Glacier, Sept. 1898, Bourke notes, CS1;
Files for the Iowa Placer Claim. Bk. 1, VMDR; V-Lot, Index, p. 46;
McFarland, -. Packer for
Schrader, Schrader in Glenn & Abercrombie, p. 359;
McFarland Thos. E.
Locator, Cat Head Discovery Claim, Cat Head Bay, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, 9/17/98, recorded, 10
/6/98; MLR, Bk G, p. 502;
McFaul, N. A. (see
McFall); Passenger list -- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland
Oregonian, 3/8/98; Filed in VMDR, p. 40;
McGaughy, W. J. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
McGee, Harry. List of
prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
McGee, Jack. List of
prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
McGee, O. R. First-class
passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 2/16/98, for Dyea & Valdez, Seattle
P-I, 2/17/98;
McGee, Sarah F. (Mrs. W. J.)
Locator, No. 52 above Canyon on Manker Creek,
10/6/98, witnesses J. Manker, W. C. Bruce, recorded by W. D. McGee by
power-of-attorney, TMDR, 1898, p. 29; power-of-attorney to William D. McGee,
TMDR, p. 28;
McGee, T. D. List of
prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier, 5/29/1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
McGee, W. C. Witness to H.
E. F. King's proof of labor for W. C. McGee's "Nicoli Placer Mining Claim No.
3", 9/20/99, TMDR, p. 21; James A. Manker proof of labor for W. C. McGee's
"Paystreak" and "Jasper" "O'Brien" placer claims on Hertle
Creek, 1899, TMDR, p. 22, 23, 25; Local recorder in 1899 for TMDR;
McGee, William D.
Hometown: Tacoma, WA; Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper
River 3/22/98, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98; List of prospectors crossing Valdez
Glacier, May 29, 1898, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5; Recorder for Tonsina Mining District,
TMDR, passim; Co-locator with J. H. Bradford, Placer Claim No. 5 below Canyon, Manker
Creek, 10/15/98, witnesses H. Smith, J. Manker, TMDR, p. 19; Co-locator with J. H.
Bradford, Sr., No. 6 below Discovery on Manker Creek, located 7/20/98, witnesses Nels
Jepson, Wm. Grogg, TMDR, p. 20; Co-locator with W. D. McGee, "Gold King" Quartz
Claim on west side of O'Brien Creek, 10/15/98, witnesses H. Smith, J. Manker, TMDR, p. 23;
Co-locator with J. H. Bradford, Sr. Placer Claim No. 1 on Hertle Creek, 10/12/98,
witnesses J. Manker & H. Smith, TMDR, p. 37; Received power-of-attorney from Herriott,
TMDR, p. 14; Received power-of-attorney from Mamlock, TMDR, p 17; Received
power-of-attorney from Mrs. Sarah F. McGee, TMRD, p 28; QCMDR, 1898, Locator, p. 19;
witness to Manker, p. 37;
McGee, W. J. (William
McGee, Seattle P-I); First-class passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 2/16/98,
for Dyea & Valdez,Seattle P-I, 2/17/98, same vessel that Capt. West was on; Locator,
Manker Creek, 10/18/98, witnesses Pearson and Gordon, TMDR, 1898, p. 40; appointed
Recorder at Manker Creek; gave Pearson information on Capt West's mud glaciers, 10/17/98,
Pearson, CS1, p. 185;
McGevern, S. M. Passenger
list -- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
McGregor, Thomas.
Hometown: Dickinson, ND, Listed in names & address section, Dooley Diary;
McGrew, -. Crary meets in
Valdez, 6/11/98, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 5;
McGuire, John. Passenger,
schooner Phelps, departing Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
McHenry, A. M. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98;
McHie, James. Born:
Detroit, MI, 1853, C1900; Hometown: Chicago, IL (C1900);
Arrived Alaska, Sept. 1897, C1900; Location Notice, Latouche, 10/20/97; PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p.
35; V-Lot, Index, p.29;
McIntosh, H. C. Hometown:
San Bernadino, CA; Waiting in Portland for the next boat to Copper River, Portland
Oregonian, 3/12/98;
McIntosh, J. W. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
McIntyre, -. Part of the Doc
Tanner episode, San Francisco Examiner, in CS2, p. 83;
McIntyre, John. Locator
with Scott, Denler, Opie, E. Young, W. J. Gardner, Carrie
Ammann, QCMDR, 1898, p. 45;
McKeag, George. Name
listed, Crary, Diary Ms. 6/28/1898, p. 8; Witnesses
W. H.Crary claim on Copper River 7/28/1898, Crary, Diary Ms. p. 11; Arrives at Crary camp,
11/18/1898, Crary, Diary, p. 16;
McKeil, Charles. (Possibly
McKell); Passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 1/3/98. Seattle P-I, 1/4/98;
McKer, David. Passenger,
schooner Phelps, departing Seattle 4/5/98, Seattle P-I, 4/6/98;
McLarance, James. Born:
IA, Sept. 1859, C1900; Hometown: Warren, IO; Arrived in Alaska, Oct. 1897, C1900;
McLaughlin, T. 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;
McLeman, A. S. Witness for
Maxwell, QCMDR, 1898, p. 97;
McLennan, A. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
McMillan, -. (See E. A.
and T. H. McMillan); Two brothers; Guiteau meets on Klutina, finds them more interested in
hunting than anything else, Guiteau Diary, 5/29/98; 6/1/98;
McMillan, A. E. Locator,
"Tillie" placer Claim on Manker Creek, 8/3/98, witnesses D. Wyman & L.
Wetther, TMDR, 1898, p. 49;
McMillan, Duncan.
Hometown: NE; Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper
River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; party of 4 from Nebraska, Portland Oregonian,
4/3/98;
McMillan, E. A. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Filed in
TMDR, 1898, p. 49;
McMillan, T. H. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
McMullen, George B. (Also G.
R.); Born: Cinncinnati, OH, 9/28/1863, Pioneers;
Hometown: Denver, CO, C1900; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900; Filed in
VMDR, 3/28/98, p. 41;
McMullen, Pheebe. (Mrs.
George); Born: Iowa, Feb. 1865, C1900; Hometown:
Denver, CO, C1900; Arrived in Valdez, March 1898, C1900;
McNair, William H. (Also,
McNear spelt both ways in Record); Hometown: Sitka, AK; Location notice with Delaney, P.
H. Anderson, E. E. Jones, L. L. Williams, E. de Groff, W. D. McNair, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 26;
Notice of Tunnel Right, C. H. Anderson, 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, filed PWSMDR, Bk. 1, 9/15/97; copy Bk. G, pp. 328, 329; W. H. McNair to PWS
Mining & Development Co. 11/23/97, MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), p. 358-359; Notary Public,
MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), p. 377; Deputy Marshall in Sitka, The Alaskana, 4/23/98; Signs
filing papers for claim in Landlocked Bay, Aug. 14, 1898, ML BK G.; From Sitka, gives
power of attorney to L. L. Williams, ML BK G;
McNair, Walton D.
Hometown: Sitka, AK, Deputy Clerk, Sitka, The Alaskana,
4/23/98; McNair, Walton D. Hometown: Sitka, AK. Location notice, Juneau: Delaney, P. H.
Anderson, E. E. Jones, L. L. Williams, E. de Groff, W. N. McNair, W. D. McNair, PWSMDR,
Bk. 1, p. 26; Notice of Tunnel Right, C.H. Anderson, 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, filed Bk 1 PWS Mining District, 9/15/97; copy MLR, Bk. G, (H &
I), pp. 328, 329; W. D. McNair to PWS Mining & Development Co. 11/23/97, MLR, Bk. G,
(H & I), p. 358-359;
McNamara, Jack. Crossed
Valdez Glacier, 1898; At Copper Center winter of
1898-1899, Guiteau, Louis, Death Trail, The Alaskana (Sept. 1972), pp. 3-8;
McNaugh, Cora. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
McNear, -. (See Arthur H.
McNeer). "reckless undertaking" of crossing the Wrangell icefield with Rohn in
1899, Powell, Trailing, p. 265, report in Abercrombie 1900,
McNeer, Arthur H. (Also
McNair, McNear in Mining Location papers, Powell); Born: WV, July 1876, C1900; Hometown:
Hunters Spring, WV; Arrives in Alaska, March 1898, C1900; Partner quits; Hazelet &
Meals let join them, Hazelet Diary, 5/14/98; 6/26/98; and throughout Diary; Had been at
Copper Center in 1898; left Copper Center with Bowen to make short trip to Valdez to get 2
horses Millard is bringing up, takes a sick man over the glacier on his way to Valdez,
3/19/99; spent winter with Meals & Hazelet in 1898, Hazelet Diary, 2/2/1900; joins
Rohn on trip to Summit of Mt. Blackburn and down river, Abercrombie 1900, p. 119-129ff;
QCMDR, 1899, Co-locators, Millard and McNeer, June 27, 1899; Notice of Location July 8,
1899 for West Virginia Claim gives longitude as determined by U. S. Exploring Party from
Cook Inlet on July 22, 1899, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks.J & F), p. 191;
McNevney, J. 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;
McNish, Peter. Passenger
list -- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
McOscar, W. H. 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;
McPherson, Capt. Jim.
(Also James); Came to Alaska with Zem Moore (Capt) in
1890, Pathfinder, I:6, 4/1920; Location Notice, Karluk mine, Latouche, 11/20/97,
PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 37; Power of Attorney, 3/18/98, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 42; attests with A. E.
Applegate for many locators of oil claims in Icy Bay district, 10/4/98, ML, Bk G (H &
I), pp. 555-652;
McQueen, John. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
McSheehy, J. B. Filed in
VMDR, p. 43;
McTaggart, F. 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;
McTelian, James. (See
McTellan); Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend
Leader, 3/7/98;
McTellan, James. (Name
might be McTeilan); Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
McVey, T. N. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
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