Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898

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• Subjects: Fur garments Stores > Washington (State) > Seattle; Canada; Theodore; Wernecke; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9884

An estimated 100,000 prospectors migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Most of them stopped in Seattle to purchase supplies, greatly contributing to the city's economic success. Ohio-born Charles Theodore Wernecke (1852-1922) came to Seattle...