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Wadman, -. W. H. Crary party separates
camp from Watson, Wadman and Schlagle,
W. H. Crary, Diary, 6/27/1898, p. 8; Witnesses W. H. Crary claim on Copper River
7/28/1898. W. H. Crary, Diary, p. 11;
Wadman, A. J. Hometown:
Glasgow, MT; 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;
Wagey, A. M. (Also Shorty
"South Dakota;" see also Wagy); Arrived in Valdez,
4/12/1898, Diary, M. Dempsy, 1898, CS1, p. 215ff; travels with Remington party, in
Manker Creek Stampede with Capt. Teeters, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Delander, Shorty
Wagey, NE. Oleson, Golden Cross? p. 41;
Waggins, 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;
Wagner, William. Hometown:
New York, NY; In Bourke's party, Bourke Journal, p.
1;
Wagy, A. M. (See also
Wagey); Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98,
Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Waldo, Adolph. Passenger
on Helen Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco,
3/20/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Walker, -. Report that Walker
is dead, Dooley Diary, 3/27/98;
Walker, Ernest. (Also
"Whiskers"); Hometown: England; In Thompson party which
joins Bourke's party while crossing glacier, Bourke Journal Ms. p. 19 passim;
Walker, E. Fox. Witness to
Frank Walker, QCMDR, 1898, p. 65; Locator, QCMDR,
1898, p. 69; Walker brothers (Frank & Fox) leave Twelve-mile Camp 11/15/1898 with
Barrey, Fain, Henry Krohn, caught in storm, Krohn dies in Valdez, Brown in Glenn &
Abercrombie, p. 623;
Walker, Frank B. Locator,
QCMDR, 1898, p. 65; witness to E. Fox Walker, p. 69; to
Robert Steel, p. 70; Walker brothers (Frank & Fox) leave Twelve-mile Nov. 15 with
Barrey, Fain, Henry Krohn, caught in storm, Krohn dies in Valdez, Brown in Glenn &
Abercrombie, p. 623;
Walker, 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;
Walker, John. Passenger on
Helen Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly
after departing San Francisco, 3/20/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Walker, Roll. (Also
Rolla); 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; Walker very [sea]sick, 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;
Wall, J. 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;
Wallace, David. Hometown:
Seattle, WA; 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 MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), pp.
328, 329; Locator of Placer Claim, King Solomon Basin, Mining Locations, MLR, Bk. G, (H
& I), p. 337 ff. (Valdez Court Library); becomes part of the Prince William Sound
Mining & Development Co. with McNair, DeGroff, Delaney, Anderson, Murray, Wallace,
Gumee, Koehler, Curtis, Beattie, 11/23/1897, MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), ; Wallace to PWS
Mining & Development Co. MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), pp. 370-371;
Wallace, James. Passenger
on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 1/3/98 headed for Portage Bay [head of Passage
Canal, portage to Cook Inlet], Seattle P-I, 1/4/98;
Wallace, N. V-Lot, Index, p.
71;
Wallace, -. Made Valdez
town marshall, 5/9/1898, Minutes, CS1, 77ff; (Could be either David or N. Wallace);
Walser, Albert. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I,
3/23/98;
Walsh, Ed. Witness to
Location Notice for Shelly & Frase, Copper Creek, Fidalgo Bay, 8/23/1899, PWSMDR, Bk.
2, p. 199;
Walz, Charles M. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Wandt, John. First-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Wane, E. T. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98;
Wann, -. Born: Sweden; In party
of four Swedes (Wann, Colby, Newberg and Benson) with Hazelet on Copper River, Hazelet
Diary, 6/12/98; 7/12/98, 8/30/98; Newberg, Benson & Wann arrive at Hazelet's camp on
Chistochina, 2/19/99;
Ward, Andy. 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;
Ward, Joseph B. 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; Witness to Forb, QCMDR, p.
1; witness to Slattery, QCMDR, p. 15; to Mellerk, QCMDR, p. 24; Fitch, QCMDR p. 51;
Winter, QCMDR, p. 87; Gelineau, QCMDR, p. 88; 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, QCMDR, p. 108;
1899: locator, p. 131; Groo spends night at Ward camp on Bear Creek playing cards &
checkers, 1/22/99; Ward party arrives at Tiekel, Groo Diary, 3/3/99; Ward party Crosses
divide to Tiekel Feb. 1899, races with Groo party for claims, Groo Diary, March 1899;
UKMDR, witness for Ohlhausen, p. 149; "Two years ago today, (Feb. 22, 1901), Joseph
B. Ward met his untimely death. Mr. Ward came to this country in 1898 and from his
abilities was recognized as a natural leader by his associates. His services to the
sick and distressed during the years '98 and '99 endeared him to all the '98ers. He
was one of the founders of the Order of Alaska Moose." TVN, 1:51, 2/22/02, p. 4;
Warner, Clarence L. Born:
NY, Dec. 1859, C1900; Hometown: Portville, NY; Arrived
in Valdez, April 1898, C1900; QCMDR, Locator with C. F. Bennett, p. 93; 104; 1899:
Locator on 8/18/1899, p. 158; UKMDR, 3/13/1899, Locator, p. 65;
Warren, W. A. Hometown: North
Yakima, WA; First-class passenger on steamer
Alliance, departing Seattle 2/16/98, Seattle P-I, 2/17/98; Member of Keystone
Company;
Washburn, -. Hometown:
Fitchburg, MA; Member of Townsend's party while shooting Klutina Rapids, Beaver Falls
Weekly Tribune, 7/26/99, in Townsend Letters;
Washburn, F. S.
Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle,
2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Waterford, A. M. Passenger
List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for
Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; Waterford brothers party of 2 from
Ralins, WY (only one listed on Passenger List), Portland Oregonian, 4/3/98;
Waterman, -. Helped Bryan
Pearson pull up first bench, April 27, 1898, Pearson, CS1; Vol. 1, # 185;
Watkins, H. C. 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;
Watson, -. W. H. Crary
party separates camp from Watson, Wadman and Schlagle,
Crary, Diary, 6/27/1898, p. 8; moves camp down Lake Klutena, 7/5/1898, Crary, Diary, p. 9;
elected Sheriff of Klutena Lake Camp. 7/23/1898. Crary, Diary, p. 10; At camp when
Abercrombie arrives with survey party including Powell "a friend of Watson's" at
Klutena Lake Camp 8/18/1898, Crary, Diary, p. 11;
Watson, A. W. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle
3/6/98 with 600 passengers, Seattle P-I, 3/6/98; V-Lot, Index, p. 84;
Watson Boys. Dooley visits
them at [Tonsina?] Lake, Dooley Diary, 1/6/98;
Watson, Edgar Gage.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA; later Albany, NY; Participated in gold rush through
Valdez and over Glacier in 1898-99 with his older brother William James Watson; May have
come in late 1897; reported to have been part of a vigilance committee, crossed Glacier,
etc. according to family history, re: Nora Foster letter and photograph;
Watson, William James. (Watson
Boys); Hometown: Albany, NY; later, Flagstaff, AZ; Participated in gold rush through
Valdez and over Glacier in 1898-99 with his younger brother Edward Gage Watson, Nora
Foster Letter;
Watzell, J. T. Passenger list
-- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98,
Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Wayland, -. First party to
go through Keystone Canyon on the Trans-Alaska Military Road in 1899, Abercrombie 1900, p.
62; established post office of Belcaro at Quartz Creek, Abercrombie 1900, p. 71;
Weafel, Doran. 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;
Weber, C. 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;
Weber, C. E. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Webster, -. Hometown: CO; Took
same boat from Seattle to Valdez as Guiteau, arrived in February, made it to Copper
Center, "disgusted with Copper river basin and is going home," Guiteau Diary,
7/3/1898;
Webster Co. Crary joins
with Webster Co. Miller and Dolan, Uppercue and Wirth and Patterson to hoist goods to top
of Third Bench, 4/28/98, Crary Diary, p. 4;
Webster, Dr. -. Hometown: Il.
Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed
Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; Party of 8 from Illinois,
Portland Oregonian, 4/3/98; Lost 5 burros and half his outfit in snowslide, 4/30/1898 on
Valdez Glacier, Pearson, CS1; p. 185; "Doc Webster found quartz float containing free
gold." Crary, Diary Ms. 6/29/1898, p. 8;
Webster, H. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Filed in VMDR, 1898, p. 39;
Webster, John. (Also
Jack); Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for
Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98; Witness to Leveroos,
QCMDR, 1898, p. 36; Strode, QCMDR, p. 63, McDowell,QCMDR, p. 71; Locator, QCMDR, p. 52;
Pat Slattery's partner, mentioned, Golden Cross?, Ch. 4;
Webster, W. 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;
Weckart, J. See J. Weckert
Weckert, Joseph V. Jr.
(Also Jo Weckert, QCMDR; J. Weckart, Seattle P-I);
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; Witness to Ohlsson QCMDR, 1898,
p. 16, to Lewis, QCMDR, 1898, p. 75; Locator, QCMDR, 1898, p. 76; Brown sends to help Dr.
Townsend bring sick men to Valdez from Barrett's Camp, Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p.
39-40;
Wegner, 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;
Wehrley, Druey. (Also
Wherley, D. Conger xxxii; Druey Whirley, Conger 91);
Hometown: BellePlaine, MN; Teenager who accidentally shot and killed Leroy Murfin on the
Glacier, 3/22/1898, Townsend, Letters; Accidentally shot and killed Leroy Murfin on Valdez
Glacier, 3/22/98, Hazelet Diary, 3/23/98; Townsend Letters, and others; Miner's jury
sentences him not to handle a gun while in Alaska, Dooley Diary, 3/25/98; Member of
Conger's party, Conger, xxxii;
Wehrley, Andrew. (Also
Andrew Whirley, Conger, p. 104); Hometown: MN; Member of Conger's party, Conger, xxxii;
Weiler, John. Hunter for
Rice and post-office inspector Wayland to Eagle, in Rice,
Abercrombie 1900, p. 95ff;
Weinnart, Doc. Elected
Mayor of Klutena Lake camp, Crary, Diary, p. 10;
Weir, Henry A. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Filed in VMDR, 1898, p. 33, 46, 115, 118;
Weisman, 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;
Weiss, G. A. V-Lot, Index,
p. 95;
Weiter, 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;
Weller, E. First-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for
Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Wellerk, Chas. Born:
Germany, May, 1861, C1900; Hometown: Toledo, OH C1900;
Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
Wells, Frank. (Also, F. H.
Wells, Portland Oregonian); Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland
for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; Name listed, Crary, Diary,
6/28/1898, p. 8;
Wells, John. Passenger list for
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Wells, M. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Wenke, Henry J. Born: PA,
June 1867, C1900; Hometown: Pittsburg, PA; Arrived in
Alaska, April 1898, C1900;
Wenstrom, Aug. 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;
West, Capt. I. N. (I. M. West,
Seattle P-I); Tells Powell about claim and invites him to
come survey it, Powell, Trailing, pp. 2-7; First-class passenger on steamer Alliance,
departing Seattle 2/16/98, for Dyea & Valdez,Seattle P-I, 2/17/98; Returns to stake
claim but dies, Powell, Trailing, p. 21; Powell thinks Slate Creek was West's strike,
Powell, Trailing, p. 231; McGee gave Pearson information on Capt. West's mud
glaciers, 10/17/1898, Pearson, CS1, p. 185;
Westervelt, -. At Station
2, Babcock, Abercrombie 1900, p. 58;
Westling, Aug. 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;
Weston, E. E. Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98,
Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Westwick, John. Passenger
on Helen Almy bound for Copper River, capsized shortly after departing San Francisco,
3/20/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Wetther, Louis. Witness
with D. Wyman to A. Tibbitt's claim on Manker Creek,
8/22/98, TMDR, p. 47; Witness with D. Wyman to A. E. McMillan's claim on Manker Creek,
8/3/98, TMDR, p. 49; Locator, "Star" No. 21 on Manker Creek, 3/2/98, no
witnesses, TMDR, p. 50; Witness to Henkel's "Star," on Manker Creek, TMDR, p.
50; Witness with Lavarar to Wyman's claim, Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 51; Witness with Wetther
to Ranous claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 52;
Wetting, A. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Wetzel, A. M. 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;
Whaler, J. H. V-Lot, Index, p.
50;
Whan, Nick. Died of scurvy
Oct. 98, Seattle Times, 7/7/99 in Townsend Letters;
Wheat, Ernest B. Born:
Utah, Nov. 1873, C1900; Hometown: Ellensburg, WA; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
John Wilson's partner, came over glacier with Guiteau, meets again on Copper River,
Guiteau Diary, 8/2/98; shares cabin with for winter at Copper Center, 9/3/98; Witness to
J. A. Wilson claim, p. 286; Notice of Location for Latouche Island, Nov. 8, 1899, with
Ohlemutz and Wilson witnesses. PWSMDR, p. 286, 287;
Wheatley, Chas. A.
Passenger list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes,
Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Wheeler, -. Child with
Mrs. S. A. Wheeler on 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;
Wheeler, -. Child with
Mrs. S. A. Wheeler on 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;
Wheeler, 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; [Note: Mrs. S. A. Wheeler
and 2 children, and N. D. Wheeler also on same boat];
Wheeler, -. (Mrs. S. A.).
Passenger with two children on 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: N. D. and
John Wheeler also on same boat];
Wheeler, N. D. 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: Mrs. S. A. Wheeler
and 2 children, and John Wheeler also on same boat]; Filed for two Valdez townsite
lots,V-Lot, Index, pp. 62; 63;
Wheeler, W. M. Storekeeper
at Sunrise, Cook Inlet, interviewed, Seattle P-I, 11/13/97;
Wherley, A. (See D. and H.
Wherley); Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior,
departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; Mentioned in letter about D.
Wherley's accidental shooting of Roy Murfin, Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98;
Wherley, Druey. (See
Wehrley, D. Conger xxxii; Druey Whirley, Conger 91; also A.
and H. Wherley); Hometown: MN; Teenager who accidentally shot and killed Leroy
Murfin on Valdez Glacier, 3/22/1898. Townsend, Letters and other diarists; 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;
Wherley, W. (See See D.
and H. Wherley); Second-class passenger on steamer
Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; Note: Conger's
party came up on the same trip;
Whip, J. E. (See John
Whipp); Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed
Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98;
Whipp, John. Arrived in
Valdez 4/20/1898 with Pearson, Young, and Horn Pearson, CS1; p.185; July, went to strike
below sawmill with Percy Shaw, Fred Kraft, Bill Bogen, L. Updike, Pearson Journal, CS1, p.
185;
Whipple, John F. Witness
to John Wilson's claim at Landlock Bay, Locator,
PWSMDR, pp. 112-113;
Whirley, Andrew. (See
Wehrley, A. in introduction but Whirley thoughout text; Conger party, stays with Conger
throughout trip, cf. Conger, passim;
Whirley, Druey. (See also
Wehrley, D. in introduction but Whirley thoughout text);
Hometown: BellePlaine, MN, Conger, p. 228; Conger party, Conger, passim;
Whitcomb, Enock W. Witness
to Indenture, claims on Glacier Island, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 167; Bonanza Gulch, Glacier
Island, Aug. 9, 1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 191;
White -. Hometown: Los
Angeles, CA. Powell mentions with man named Eddy, Trailing, p. 14;
White, Al. V-Lot, Index,
p. 33;
White, E. Passenger on
steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 1/3/98. Seattle P-I, 1/4/98;
White. E. A. Witnesses for
Fred Smith in giving power of attorney to W. E. Hunt,
6/11/98, PWSMDR, Bk.1, p. 54;
White, Ed. J. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
White M. Witnesses for Fred
Smith in giving power of attorey to W. E. Hunt, 6/11/98, PWSMDR, Bk. 1, p. 54;
Whitehouse, Herbert.
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;
Wiggs, H. K. Subscribed to a
relief station fund for 1899 on Valdez Glacier, in Valdez, 1898, CS1;
Whitney, Thomas. (Thomas,
Seattle PI article on Whitney Party) Hometown: Benton
Harbor, MI; Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for
Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Wiegland, E.
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;
Wilbur, J. R. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Wilcox, -. Ex-soldier
returning to States. Crary purchases potatoes from him, 7/25/1898, W. H. Crary,
Diary, p. 11;
Wilcox, Chas. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I,
3/23/98;
Wilkins, A. S. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98,
Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle Times, 4/8/98;
Wilkins, Charles. Pearson
arrives at Millard camp 4/22/1899, reports Ray Millard, Geo. Dickey, Hy Lashaway there.
Also Frank Roberts and Chas. Wilkins, Pearson CS1, p. 187;
Wilkinson, -. Conger reports
came near drowning at "Camp Clear Water" 35 miles
above Slona, 3/29/98, Conger, p. 213;
Wilkinson, R. Born: MO,
May 1876, C1900; Hometown: Milton (?), MO; Arrived in
Alaska April 1898, C1900;
Wilkinson, Joseph. Born:
Feb. 1850, C1900; Hometown: Seattle, WA; Arrived in
Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
Williams, A. R. 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;
Williams, C. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Williams, E. R. Passenger
on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Williams, Issac. Part of
relief party on Valdez Glacier, 2/27/1899 for Logan Party;
Trustees appoint him, Dempsey & Smith to take care of bodies and estates, Jury Finding
on Logan Party, CS1; (Note: Township Committee Minutes say Riggins was appointed, not
Williams);
Williams, J. W. Hometown:
Seattle, WA; First class passenger boarding Valencia in
Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers, Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Williams, Jay. Member of Swan's
Party along with Shepard, Moore, and Allen landing at Swanport, Nov. 1897, Pathfinder,
VI:6, 4/1925, pp. 7-8;
Williams, John. (See also
John M. Williams); 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, and O. Peterson came up together on the National City]; QCMDR, 1898, Witness to
Sender, p. 20; to Swanson, p. 60; to Smith, p. 107; to Henry, QCMDR, p. 136; to Wm.
Williams, QCMDR, p. 137; Arnold, QCMDR, p. 140; McCormick, QCMDR, p. 141; 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; Locator, QCMDR, p. 142 (1898); 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 Ward, QCMDR, p. 131; Locator, claim on
tributory to Tonsina River, p. 148, 149; witness for J. H. Smith, p. 152; UKMDR, Locator
with Keller witness, 3/14/1899, p. 145;
Williams, John M. (J. M.;
J. Williams, Seattle PI) Born: Australia, Dec. 1872, C1900;
Hometown: Portland, OR; Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing
Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; Arrived in Alaska, March 1898, C1900;
Williams, L. L. Hometown:
Juneau, AK; Locator with E. E. James of "Juneau" &
"Missouri" claim in Landlocked Bay, 8/14/1897; Signed by A. K. Delaney, C. H.
Anderson, E. de Groff, McNair, James, Williams. MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), 1893-1898. p.
320ff; Locator, "No. 1," King Solomon's Basin, 10/1/97, MLR, Bk. G, (H & I),
p. 337;
locator with De Groff, Delaney, Anderson, Murray, Wallace, Gumee, Koehler, Curtis
and Beattie of claims in King Solomon Basin, 11/23/1897; MLR, Bk. G, (H & I),
1893-1898, p. 340ff; De Groff, James, Wallace, & McNair give power of attorney to
L. L. Williams of Juneau, 1897. MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), 1893-1898, p. 340.ff; 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 MLR, Bk. G, (H & I), pp.
328, 329;
Williams, William.
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, and
O. Peterson came up together on the National City]; Locator, No. 14 on Quartz Creek,
8/26/98, witness John Williams, QCMDR, p. 137; Co-locators or Bear Creek Claim No. 1,
9/1/98: 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
6/26/1899 for Bear Creek Claim No. 7, located 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;
Williams, William.
Hometown: Stamford, CT, Margeson/Benedict trip, Gold Hunters, p. 9; Moyes, Butts
& Williams leave party to search for gold, Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 113; Locator,
QCMDR, p. 137 (but probably W. Williams above);
Willoby, H. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Wills, D. W. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Wilson, Bessie L. Location
notice, Latouche, June 1899, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 137;
Wilson, D. A. 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;
Wilson, Dan. Frank
Hoffman, Dan Wilson and others went up Copper River and
reached the Kotsina river and located (they say) the Bellum copper vein, on Downey
creek, a branch of the Kotsina. Hoffman left interior in winter of 1898-1899, Millard,
TVN, 1:7, 4/20/01;
Wilson, E. W. 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;
Wilson, H. G. Co-locators
Horrman, Wilson, Laymer, QCMDR, 1898, p. 147;
Assessment work done by A. F. Hoffman, 1899, ML, Bk. 3 (Bks. J & F), p. 117;
Wilson, H. L. Subreport on
Wilson Mining Company expedition up Copper River,
Abercrombie, 1900, p. 48-54;
Wilson, Harry Miller.
Born: CA, March 1878, C1900; Hometown: Victoria, B. C.;
Arrived in Alaska, March 1899, C1900;
Wilson, John A. Born: Ohio,
Sept. 1853; Hometown: Liberty, WA, C1900; Arrived in
Alaska, March 1898, C1900; Crossed Valdez Glacier, spring, 1898, Guiteau, Louis,
Death Trail, The Alaskana, pp. 3-8; Guiteau borrows wood from on glacier, Guiteau
Diary, 4/15/1898; prospecting on the Taslina river, no good for placer, Earnie Wheat his
partner, 8/2/98; Notice of Location at Landlock Bay, 5/9/1899, Whipple and Steinmutz
witnesses. PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 112; Notice of Location for Latouche Island, Nov. 8, 1899,
with Ohlemutz and Wheat witnesses, PWSMDR, Bk. 2, p. 286;
Wilson, M. Witness to
Jenson, QCMDR, 1898, p. 12;
Wilson, W. A. Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY; Probably a member of the Stamford, Ct.
party with Patrick Moylan, Stamford Daily Advocate, 1/24/98; On Corner's jury.
Coroner's report depicting death Joseph Fournier et al. on Valdez Glacier, 5/2/1898;
Wilson, W. H. (Same person
as W. A. Wilson, or relative of); Stamford, CT; Member
of Stamford, CT party (6) that accompanied Conn. Ak. Mining and Trading party on
train trip across country and on Moonlight to Valdez; other members: Patrick Moylan, James
Dillon, W. H. Wilson, Stamford Daily Advocate, 1/24/98;
Wilt, W. H. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Wimpenny, -. Pearson goes with
Wimpenny and Jack Petrie from Slana to Tanana
Country. February-March, 1899, Pearson, CS1, p187;
Wimperman, E. (Spelling
questioned in Diary typescript); Dooley rescues after he was swamped going down the
Klutena, Dooley Diary, 6/13/98;
Winans, A. Hometown: Hood
River, OR; Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River,
4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; L.
Winans brother, party of 5 from Hood River, OR, Portland Oregonian 4/3/98;
Winans, L. Hometown: Hood
River, OR; Passenger List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River,
4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98; A. Winans brother, party of 5 from Hood River, OR,
Portland Oregonian 4/3/98;
Winepenny, E. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Winfrey, C. F. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Winfrey, C. M. Passenger list
for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I, 4/20/98;
Winnard, A. (Also Dr.
Winard, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98); Hometown: Lawndale, Chicago, IL; Passenger list --
Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98. Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98; Listed in
names & address section, Dooley Diary;
Winston, Chas. H. Location
notice: 8/16/1899 with McLeod Harbor, PWSMDR, Bk 1, p. 172;
Winstrom, August.
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA; Margeson joins him & others going down Copper River
in October 1898, Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 240 ff;
Winter, T. D. (Todd
Winters, Groo Diary); Locator, QCMDR, p. 87; 1899: witness for
Egerter, p. 114; for Brehme, p. 119; for Sternberg, p. 122; One of the first to cross
Glacier in 1898; Brought mail to miners at Quartz Creek, 2/9/1899, Groo Diary,
2/13/99; Nine of his party said to have perished in a crevasse; returned with several
bodies, Anon. Researcher, Valdez Museum Archives, unable to find any confirmation of this;
Winters, G. H. Hometown:
Indianapolis, IN; Margeson joins him & others going down Copper River in October 1898,
Margeson, Gold Hunters, p. 240 ff;
Winthrop, -. Conger meets
2/3/98, reports many have the "black leg [scurvy]," Conger, p. 195;
Wire, Louis. 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;
Wirth, -. Crary joins with
Webster Co. Miller and Dolan, Uppercue and Wirth and
Patterson to hoist goods to top of Third Bench of glacier, 4/28/98, Crary Diary, p. 4;
Wirth, Ernest. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Uppercue and Wirth
names adjacent, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98; Crary joins with Webster Co., Miller and Dolan,
Uppercue and Wirth and Patterson to hoist goods to top of Third Bench, 4/28/98, Crary
Diary, p. 4;
Wiseman, -. Dooley stays
in Jeffrey and Wiseman tent at foot of lake, Diary, 8/8/98;
Wiseman, C. A. Passenger
list--Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
Wiseman, F. C. Passenger
list -- Steam schooner Albion, departing Portland 3/8/98, Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98;
V-Lot, Index, p. 106;
Witzke, R. First-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Wolfe, -. Caught with
stolen goods in his tent on glacier, Miners' trial, 5/10/98, W. H. Crary Diary, p. 4;
Wolfurt, D. 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;
Woock, Jr. Paul. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper
River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I, 3/23/98;
Wood, -. Powell met at
Copper Center in 1899. Powell, Trailing, p. 159;
Wood, Edwin. (Also Woods,
Ed); Hometown: MT; Brown sends to help Dr. Townsend bring sick men to Valdez from
Barrett's Camp. Brown in Abercrombie 1900, p. 39 - 40; Packer for Rice and post-office
inspector Wayland to Eagle, in Rice, Abercrombie, Abercrombie 1900, p. 95ff; encounters
brown bear, Abercrombie, p. 102;
Wooden, E. K. V-Lot,
Index, p.16;
Woodford, W. E. Locator, QCMDR,
1898, p. 47;
Woodruff, S. A.
Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez,
Seattle P-I, 2/28/98;
Woods, A. J. First class
passenger on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle
Times, 4/8/98;
Woods, Ed. (see Ed Wood;
probably two Ed Wood[s]); Brown describes as a very sick and destitute man who wishes to
return to Seattle, Brown in Abercrombie 1900, 1899, p. 41;
Woodworth, Paul. Hometown: MI;
With C. C. Snell and 7 unnamed others from
Michigan planning to go to the Copper River, Seattle P-I, 3/16/98;
Workman, Frank. (See also
Wortman, both in Portland Oregonian, 3/8/98);
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;
Wortham, Dick. See also F.
R. Wortham; Wortman); Ran trading post for Holman at
Copper Center, 1899, Powell, Trailing, p. 170;
Wortham, F. R. 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;
Worthen, -. Went over
divide from Quartz Creek to Tiekel with Groo party, Feb. 1899, Groo Diary, 2/20/99;
Worthington, C. E.
Babcock's transit man in surveying for the Trans-Alaska Military
Road in 1899, Abercrombie 1900, p. 65; falls in glacier stream [probably the one flowing
from Worthington Glacier], p. 65, passim; becomes ill, p. 81; transit man for E. Gillette
on railroad survey, Gillette in Abercrombie 1900, pp. 149;
Wortman, Frank. (See Frank
Workman); Hometown: Lincoln, NE; In party with W.
Sweet, F. Wortman (Workman), O. Burnett (Barnett), John Blair from Lincoln, NE,
going on Albion. Portland Oregonian, 3/6/98;
Wright, Arthur. Passenger
List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for
Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland Oregonian, 4/10/98;
Wright, William A. Passenger on
the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
Wulff, Chas. G. (Also
Wolff, Wolf, Hazelet), In Bourke's party, Bourke Journal, p. 1;
Wurfel, J. Second-class
passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I,
2/28/98;
Wyman, Danial. Witness
with D. Wyman to John Dexter's claim on Manker Creek,
TMDR, p. 35; Witness with L. Wetthers to A. Tibbitt's claim on Manker Creek,
8/22/98, TMDR, p. 47; Witness with L. Wetthers to A. E. McMillan's claim on Manker Creek,
8/3/98, TMDR, p. 49; Witness to Henkel's "Star," on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 50;
Locator, "Banner" Placer Claim, No. 34 on Manker Creek, witnesses F. Lavarar, L.
Wetther,TMDR, p. 51; Witness with Wetther to Ranous claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 52;
Witness with Monroe to F. Tabbott's claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 53; Witness with
Wetther to W. C. Ludwig's claim on Manker Creek, TMDR, p. 53; Witness for Jaynes, QCMDR,
1899, p. 123;
Wyoming Boys. Dooley
mentions, Diary, 9/3/98; sold out, Dooley Diary, 9/27/98;
Yakshaw, J. J. Passenger
list for steamer Alliance, departing Seattle 4/19/98 for Orca and Valdes, Seattle P-I,
4/20/98;
Younce, J. T. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Young, -. Hometown: Chicago,
IL; Principal with J. Bedlish (?) of CA in dispute
resolved at Miner's meeting, Dooley Diary, 5/31/98;
Young, Ed. Hometown:
Marshfield, WI; Of Loyal Party; visits Dooley, Diary, 1/8/98; listed in names and address
section, probably with Jos. Brost, Dooley Diary;
Young, Edward. (E. A. Young,
passenger list); Hometown: Port Huron, MI, Guiteau;
Marshfield, WI, Dooley, newspaper); Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA
3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Witness to A. M. Hendrie; locator, QCMDR, 1898, p.
27; QCMDR, 1898, Locator with Scott, Denler, Opie, E. Young, J. McIntyre, W. . Gardner,
Carrie Ammann, p. 45; Of Loyal Party; visits Dooley, Diary, 1/8/99; listed in name &
address section, Diary. Geo. Vine, Oscar Johnson, Frank Smith, Ed. Young, Henry
Chesterman, John Grasser, Herb Gergen, and Jos. Brost are still in Alaska, Neillsville
Times [WI], 2/9/99; Died of scurvy at Copper Center winter of 1898-1899, Guiteau, Louis,
Death Trail, The Alaskana, pp. 3-8; 2/18/1898, Pearson helps with amputation of Edward
Young's foot, Pearson, CS1, p. 185;
Young, Lark. Passenger
List -- Steam Schooner Albion -- Departed Portland for Copper River, 4/9/98, Portland
Oregonian, 4/10/98; Arrived in Valdez 4/20/1898 with Pearson, Whipp and Horn. Pearson.
CS1, p. 185;
Young Party. Hometown: WI;
Cast Frank Degnan out of their party, Dooley Diary,
4/16/98;
Young, Robert. E. Born:
CA, April 1860, C1900; Hometown: Oakland, CA; Arrived in Alaska, Oct. 1897, C1900; Arrival
date suggests he came up with Swan, Hubbard, and others from CA; In 1898, Young and Frank
Downey claim to have found the same Bellum copper claim as Hoffman; this is the first
copper claim that Millard knows about in the interior, Millard,TVN, 1: 7, 4/20/01; His
party travels with Oscar Rohn's, Rice & Wayland's, McCarthy's party, Downey party, and
Holman on 6/19/99 [first day the trail is open] through Keystone Canyon on Trans-Alaska
Military Trail, meets McClellan, Amy, Millard & others on Tsaina, Abercrombie 1900, p.
113ff; Witnesses Millard's claim on Eagle River near Cordova, 1899, PWSMDR, p. 120-121;
Zimmer, L. T. First class
passenger boarding Valencia in Seattle, departing Seattle 3/6/98 with 600 passengers,
Seattle P-I, 3/6/98;
Zimpleman, 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;
Zoller, 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;
Zolond, Frank. Passenger
list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle P-I,
3/23/98;
Zuend, A. Passenger on the
Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port
Townsend Leader, 3/7/98;
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