Smart, Raitor and Delehay party of St. Cloud gold seekers leaving for Alaska with Stubbs, Shaule, Lace, Canton, McKay, Scott, Smith, Somonson also of MN and Lancaster of IL on 2/7/98, 2/1/98, St. Cloud Journal-Press; Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle P-I, 2/28/98; Note: this is the trip the Great Northern party came up on);