James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898
This letter describes the difficult conditions encountered crossing Alberta's Slave Lake. James "Jim" Hinkle was a railroad engineer from Mattoon, Illinois who wished to join in on the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898. To achieve this end, he and other residents of Mattoon formed the Security...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:pioneerlife/18338 2023-05-15T18:19:57+02:00 James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 Hinkle, James, 1852-1899 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Canada--Alberta--Slave Lake Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2013 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/18338 unknown Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Collection; University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Digital ID Number] http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/18338 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Jim Hinkle Klondike Letters and Journals. Accession No. 5750-001. Box 1/4 xyz Letter (correspondence); text ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T15:13:11Z This letter describes the difficult conditions encountered crossing Alberta's Slave Lake. James "Jim" Hinkle was a railroad engineer from Mattoon, Illinois who wished to join in on the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898. To achieve this end, he and other residents of Mattoon formed the Security Mining and Investment Company with the intention of sending a small party (including Hinkle) to the Yukon Territory to search for gold. Hinkle and his partners traveled by train to Edmonton, Alberta and from there travel overland to the gold fields of the Yukon. However, the group decided to try their luck in northeast British Columbia due to the harsh conditions and reports of gold being found in that region. After several months in northeastern British Columbia, James Hinkle drowned while trying to cross the Halfway River on or around August 3, 1899. He was survived by his wife Mollie and children Myrtle, Harry, and Vernon. Hinkle's letters home to his family included rich descriptions of his experiences in the Canadian wilderness and include many drawings and diagrams of the areas he and his colleagues spent time in. Other/Unknown Material Slave Lake Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Halfway River ENVELOPE(-121.436,-121.436,56.217,56.217) |
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This letter describes the difficult conditions encountered crossing Alberta's Slave Lake. James "Jim" Hinkle was a railroad engineer from Mattoon, Illinois who wished to join in on the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898. To achieve this end, he and other residents of Mattoon formed the Security Mining and Investment Company with the intention of sending a small party (including Hinkle) to the Yukon Territory to search for gold. Hinkle and his partners traveled by train to Edmonton, Alberta and from there travel overland to the gold fields of the Yukon. However, the group decided to try their luck in northeast British Columbia due to the harsh conditions and reports of gold being found in that region. After several months in northeastern British Columbia, James Hinkle drowned while trying to cross the Halfway River on or around August 3, 1899. He was survived by his wife Mollie and children Myrtle, Harry, and Vernon. Hinkle's letters home to his family included rich descriptions of his experiences in the Canadian wilderness and include many drawings and diagrams of the areas he and his colleagues spent time in. |
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James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 |
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James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 |
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James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 |
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James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 |
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James Hinkle letter to wide Mollie and his family describing his arrival at Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, July 2, 1898 |
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james hinkle letter to wide mollie and his family describing his arrival at slave lake in alberta, canada, july 2, 1898 |
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University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Jim Hinkle Klondike Letters and Journals. Accession No. 5750-001. Box 1/4 |
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