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Portus B. Weare (steamship)
''Portus B. Weare'' was a wooden Paddle steamer, sternwheel steamship built in 1892 for service on the Yukon River. She played a notable role in the Klondike Gold Rush, Klondike gold rush, being the second ship to bring news of the Klondike gold strike and an estimated $1 million in gold down the river in 1897. This set off the gold rush. The vessel carried freight and passengers up the Yukon to Dawson City and later Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks. She was abandoned in 1926 or 1927, after the need for steamboat transport to the interior declined. Construction Portus Baxter Weare (January 1, 1842 - February 23, 1909) was born in a log cabin at Otsego, Michigan, then a remote settlement. His wilderness childhood led him into an early career as a fur trader. He met John Healy (entrepreneur), Captain John Jerome Healy at his trading post at Fort Benton, Montana and the two men began to work together in the fur trade. By the mid-1880s, many of the peltries were in decline due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawson City, Yukon
Dawson may refer to: People and fictional characters *Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places Antarctica * Dawson Head, Palmer Land * Dawson Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land * Dawson Peak, Ross Dependency Australia *Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Dawson River (New South Wales) *Dawson River (Queensland), a river in eastern Queensland, Australia * Dawson, South Australia, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough Canada *Dawson City, Yukon *Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory * Dawson Range (Yukon), in the Yukon Ranges *Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada *Dawson Range (British Columbia) *Dawson Falls, British Columbia *Dawson, Ontario *Dawson Township, Ontario (other) * Dawson Trail (electoral district), Manitoba Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
