Conger, Horace S.

1898-1899

Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/28/98; Diarist of the 1898-99 gold rush over Valdez Glacier to Copper River area, Hoelski & Hoelski, In Search of Gold: The Alaska Journals of Horace D. Conger, 1898-99; left Hessian party 7/29/98 and went on to Chistochina, Conger, p. 122; Mentioned in letter about D. Wherley’s accidental shooting of Roy Murfin, Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98;