Came to PWS as part of gold rush; walked from South Dakota to Seattle where he booked passage to Valdez; oral communication from his son, George Flemming, to Lethcoes; 1916 obtained permit for fox farm on Smith Islands, USFS permit records 1919; Files claim at Herring Bay, Knight Island, 1898. PWSMDR, Bk 2, 1898-1900. p. 56; Power of attorney for Storey, Cloudman, , 54-55;
Obtained permit for fox farm on Smith Islands in 1919; mailing address, Latouche; USFS Chugach National Forest, 1919.