James Hunter Shotwell letter to his wife, Margharete Ross Shotwell, describing his search for gold in Alaska, July 12, 1898

• Main Author: Shotwell, James Hunter
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Shotwell; James Hunter > Correspondence; Margharete Ross > Correspondence; James Hunter > Journeys; Alaska > Description and travel; Sami (European people); Canada; Pacific; The Schooner; sami; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/3173

James Hunter Shotwell writes to his wife, Margharete Ross Shotwell, about his voyage from Port Townsend, Washington, to Alaska's Kotzebue Sound on board the schooner Kinney. Shotwell describes picking up Laplander reindeer herders taking part in the U.S. government Reindeer Project, the crowded...