Gardner

1898-1899

Lt. Brookfield, Bence, and Gardner to start over the Hogback, donkeys broke through so couldn’t go, MB-D, 5/19/98; QCMDR, Locator, p. 95; Floated Keystone Canyon with Lewis, Brookfield, & Flemmings in 1898, Powell, Trailing, p. 147-149; Gardner came into Bjornstad’s camp near Keystone Canyon after raft broke up, stayed the night, MB-D, 6/3/98; Studt, Heiden, Garrett, and Gardner start to overland over [Keystone] canyon, MB-D 6/9/98; Party headed to interior composed of Lowe, Gumaer, Keller, Tolley, Gardner, Garrett, Hallett, Bence, Kahill, and Bjornstad starts with horses over Valdez Glacier, MB-D, 7/9/98; With Capt. Abercrombie’s party leaving Valdez for interior, MB-D, 8/5/98; gathers flowers and plants, MB-D, 8/8/98; Bjornstad, Garrett, Archer, Gardner, Hallett, Koehler, Bence, Kahill, Mahlo, MacFarland in party led by Schrader going from Copper Center to Taral to Valdez, grueling trip, MB-D, 8/29/98 to 10/18/98; Mahlo had attack of asthma, almost died, decide to send him down the Copper River by boat with Garrett and Gardner, MB-D, 10/3/98;