Going down Fifty Mile River in a Scow May 1,1905

Going down Fifty Mile River in a Scow May 1,1905

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Photograph of group of people on a scow at a wharf at what appears to be Whitehorse. G. Apple is identified with an X in the centre of the photo. There is conflicting information written on card mount.

Inscription recto: Going down Fifty Mile River Crossing Lake Labarge Alaska in a scow May 1st 1905.

Inscription verso: Going down Fifty Mile River, Alaska May 1st 1905. Capt. Lanthley (?), Geo. Apple, Andy Merceroid (?), Mr. Patterson, Mr. Miller, Mr. Hume, Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Holland, Miss O'Leary, Mrs. M. Richardson, Mrs. Jaffe.

A note attached reads: George Apple's loaded scow at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on its way to Dawson City, the scene of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Mr. Apple was a pioneer in many camps, conducting sheet metal works at Juneau 1896-7; Dawson, Yukon Ter. 1897-1904; Fairbanks - 1904-1907 - Nome 1907-'11 - Iditerod 1911 - Ruby 1911-1918. George Apple was born in 1861 - and died at Covina California in December, 1952."