Papers of Samuel Archer, ca. 1897-1900.
Title:
Papers of Samuel Archer, ca. 1897-1900.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
2 items
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
Two unpublished manuscripts.
Subject Term:
Biographical/Historical Data:
Samuel Archer was born in Holiday Cove, W. Virginia, May 31, 1868. He went to Nome in 1897 and opened Archer & Ewing, a mercantile store. Archer remained in Alaska 12 years. He died August 10?, 1936 on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Photocopy and carbon copy.
Contents:
A shipwrecked sourdough: an adventure of Nome gold rush days (introduction and addenda by Minnie Lee Archer) -- Recollections.
Recollections: -- VIII. Klondike gold stampede, Skagway Trail, Miners' meeting, Dead-Horse Hill, We make the boat "Rue-Lillian," -- IX. Storm on Lake Bennett, Down the Yukon, Shooting White Horse Rapids, Old Fort Selkirk, -- X. Dawson and the gold fields, Cabin "Hillrest," Locate claims, Official corruption, Bribery, "Tex" Rickard, -- XI. Go "outside over the ice" with get-rich quick plan, Fortune unconsciously turned down, Annals of the trail, Over Chilkoot Pass.