Passenger, steam schooner National City, departing Portland, OR, 3/14/98 with “by far the larger number of her passengers” bound for the Copper River, but a few for Dyea/Skagway, Portland Oregonian, 3/15/98; First Justice of Peace for Valdez, 5/9/1898. Minutes. CS1; Elected to Township Committee (3rd) Minutes. CS1; Present at May 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, June 3, 17, 20, July 1, 18, Aug 5, 1898 resigned as member & Justice of Peace. Minutes. CS1; Located and recorded lot 4 block 15 in Valdez townsite, 5/16/1898, V-Lot, Index , p. 49;