Dooley, George

Dooley, George

1898-1899

Passenger on the Rival departing Port Townsend, WA 3/6/98, Port Townsend Leader, 3/7/98; Eighteen year old who kept a daily diary of trip to Valdez, over glacier, down Klutina, winter in the Klutina to Tiekell River area, trip out Military trail to Valdez, steamship to Orca, and work aboard steamship along coastal Alaska; excellent source for dating events and people, Dooley Diary; Dooley, Kern, and Owens start trip up Tonsina River, Diary, 10/2/98; Moved camp to 1 mile below Boulder Creek, – “still in lead,” 3/24/98; Locator, UKMDR, October 1898, p. 57; Goes to Valdez, Dooley Diary, 6/6-15/99; Left Valdez on Steamer Newport, Dooley Diary, 6/23/99; Members of Party: G. W. Karstens, J.H. Karstens, George Kern, W.T. Looker, Frank Owens, William Orr, George Bradbury, Dooley Letter, Pathfinder; Signer of Petition to the President from Quartz Creek and Teikell Mining Dist, 5/8/1899 requesting Capt. Abercrombie be given “permission to employ [on the trail to interior Alaska] those men who need work, and thus enable them to remain in the country. With a good trail those who have means will be able to bring in machinery, and the development of the country will be accelerated.” NARA RG 107, Entry 80. Office of the Secretary of the War Department: 1667-103;