Henry Kolloen, one woman and several unidentified men standing in front of a log cabin in snow, at 15 Below Discovery, Sulphur Creek, Yukon Territory, April 17, 1914

Handwritten on verso: No. 15 Below Discovery. Sulphur Creek. 17 April 1914. Wolfe 47. Henry Kolloen 4th from right. PH Coll 731.25 Henry and Inga Sojolseth Kolloen were Norwegian Americans who left Seattle in 1898 to seek gold in Alaska during the Gold Rush. The couple traveled separately to the Yuk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfe, Frank E.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Log cabins > Yukon
Kolloen
Henry
Norwegian Americans
Canada
Gold Run
Gold Run Creek
Inga
Log Cabin
Yukon
Dawson
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2311
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Summary:Handwritten on verso: No. 15 Below Discovery. Sulphur Creek. 17 April 1914. Wolfe 47. Henry Kolloen 4th from right. PH Coll 731.25 Henry and Inga Sojolseth Kolloen were Norwegian Americans who left Seattle in 1898 to seek gold in Alaska during the Gold Rush. The couple traveled separately to the Yukon Territory, where they were unsuccessful in finding gold. The couple then apparently settled down to run the Jo Jo Hotel located on Gold Run Creek in Dawson. Frank E. Wolfe owned and operated Wolfe Photo studio in Yukon Territory, Dawson from the late 1890s to around 1920. Wolfe Photo studio was one of the major photographers of the Yukon area gold rush.

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