Benjamin S. Downing's dogsled teams preparing to leave Circle City to deliver U.S. mail to Fort Gibbon, Alaska, probably between 1898 and 1900

Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine. Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper. In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor. He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle &...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warner, Arthur Churchill, 1864-1943
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1898
Subjects:
Dog teams > Alaska > Circle
Mail sleds > Alaska > Circle
Women > Alaska > Circle
Log cabins > Alaska > Circle
Circle (Alaska)
Yukon
Gibbon
Dawson
Yukon river
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/warner/id/475
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Summary:Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine. Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper. In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor. He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle & Dawson Stage Line. Caption on image: B.S. Downing mail teams leaving Circle City for Fort Gibbon, Alaska. Warner [2095] Filed in Alaska series.

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