He never finished high school and worked for a time as a gold miner.
Up to 1,500 Indians may have died over the last two years as a result of the gold miners' presence on their land.
Many of the original gold miners and town founders were among those who left.
During his early years, he worked as a gold miner and a cowboy.
As a result, gold miners eventually reached the area in the 1870s-1890s, searching for resources and rich land.
In 1853 he was discharged from the Army and became a gold miner for several years.
He had robbed a Chinese gold miner and been in trouble with the police.
The Public School was opened in 1891 for 28 children of the local gold miners and had one teacher.
The couple then moved to Australia, where she worked briefly as a gold miner.
"No point living here like a gold miner in the Yukon."
