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Full Name:

Johnson, Swan. 

 

 
Date of Birth: unknown Date of Death: unknown
Hometown: unknown
Profession: Prospector Company: unknown
Historic Records
1898 - 1899: Passenger list for the schooner Hera, departed Seattle for Copper River 3/22/98, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/23/98; List of prospectors crossing Valdez Glacier,5/29/1898, Crary Diary, p. 5; Witness with W.C. Bruce to J. Errickson claim, TMDR, p. 32; Witness with J.G. Strawn to A.P. Olson claim, TMDR, p. 33; Locator, No. 2 below Discovery on Manker Creek,TMDR, 1898, p. 55; Probably the Johnson that has contract with Grogg to build station on Trans-Alaska Military Trail, Babcock, In Abercrombie 1900, p. 76-77; Built most complete and sanitary cabins along with Olson brothers at Lake Klutina, 1898-99, Golden Cross, p. 82;
1901: Owned claim with William Grogg on Chesna. The Valdez News. 1:31. 10/5/01, p. 1; Bid to build bridges, The Valdez News. 1:31. 10/12/01. p. 1.
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