SteamerDakota
Cityof Seattle at Foster Glacier
detailof City of Seattle

Paddle Wheeler 'Susie'
Boatsat dock
Detail,Boats at dock


It boggles my mind to imagine being thousands of miles from home, setting up a camp in the middle of Alaska.
Dogs on Dog Sled
Starting with a stove and a bucket and a sled
Setting up a tent,

Gathering logs to build a cabin.

little house on the tundra?
Cabin under construction.



Alaska Wright and Robert R. Wright
Rocking for gold.

hydraulic mining using water to excavate the soil.
Jin pole: detail of men working under jin pole: 

They would make huge piles of ore, dug out by thawing the ground and then wash the dirt away (during the warmer weather when water was available for washing).



construction of sluice boxes by (l-r) R H Wright, M Beagles, M G Gill
Environmental impact? Huge!





Everyone seems to be looking for gold.

Get well cards or  letters from pen pals?

Robert Henry Wright and Sally Lee Moss Wilkerson Wright, Great Grand Parents of R.R.Z.
Rob at pumphouse in winter.


Three Wright Brothers.

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midnight sun


Missouri-Klondyke Mining Company's Boat, the City of Paris

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Holy Cross Mission on the Yukon River

Lower Rampart 
details of Lower Rampart Alaska.


this is an attempt to enhance, remove distortions to allow reading the sign over the smaller building to the right of the Miners' Rest in the next photo.
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Enha nced sign from traiding post. I can't quite be certain of the post number, though it may be a 4.







I have been able to identify some of the pictures on the wall in this photo




 





Rotary steam engines invented by my Great Grand Father, Robert Henry Wright.


Uncle Charley, Annie Hall Missionaries, Alaska, Grandma, Grandpa