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World travelers, military heroes, empire builders, fortune hunters, and seekers of adventure, as well as school teachers, farmers, and fishermen staked their claims in this new land. Some of them established permanent homes, while others stayed only temporarily.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work fills a void by making obscure and un-indexed material available to researchers in Alaskan and Canadian history and genealogy. It contains over 400 biographies, alphabetically arranged and full of fascinating information and family history. It is rich in Northwest history, and should appeal to researchers in the West and Northwest whose ancestors may have been Alaska-Yukon immigrants. Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco were points of departure and return; some of the immigrants settled in those regions after trying their luck on the frontier. Most of the accounts tell of the men and women who went to Dawson, Nome, and Fairbanks during the gold rush.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany of these biographies and obituaries describe individuals who made contributions to the Territory in mining, business, exploration, government, law, religion, journalism, and civil rights. The majority of these early Alaskans came to the Territory between 1880 and 1910. The primary sources used for this compilation were newspaper obituaries and magazine articles. The sources are cited in each biographical entry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEd Ferrell was the director of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints Family History Centers in Juneau, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Sitka, Haines, and Yakutat. 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It is rich in Northwest history, and should appeal to researchers in the West and Northwest whose ancestors may have been Alaska-Yukon immigrants. Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco were points of departure and return; some of the immigrants settled in those regions after trying their luck on the frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe majority of these early Alaskans came to the territory between 1880 and 1910. The main sources used for this compilation were newspaper obituaries and magazine articles. Each biography is followed by one or more citations naming the publication and date of issue from which the information was obtained. 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