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Seattle, Washington 2007

Weekend trip from September 1st to 3rd, 2007 to Seattle, Washington including a day trip to the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon.

2007 September 1 2 3

Aquarium (130) Erica (29) Portland (157) Ruben (17) Seattle (387)

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Supplying Stampeders.
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Erica in a rebuild of the store of a supplier.
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Seattle suppliers and shippers brought in $16 million in the last few months of 1897 - equal to the total for all of 1896.
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Receipts.
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Receipts.
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Receipts and a letter of one of the stampeders.
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List of one of the outfitters with one year's supplies.
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List of the supplies for one man for one year.
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Advertisement of the the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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The Great Journey Preparations in Seattle William Shape's Story William Shape and three partners arrived in Seattle from New York by train on August 28th, 1897. After booking passage on the SS Queen scheduled to leave on September 8th, they spent their time selecting and purchasing provisions such as sleds, pans, picks, and shovels. Food purchases included "flour, beans, rice, oatmeal, commeal sugar, bacon, hard tack, canned meats, and evaporated fruits and vegetables." They also purchased "a complete camping outfit, 6 ft whip saw and large cross cut saw, packsaddles, tarpaulins, a .44 Winchester rifle, shot gun, revolvers and a number of books." To haul this load over their intended route of the Dalton Trail to Five Fingers Rapids, they purchased a bull, two steers, two oxen and hay to feed them. When two of the party, the Oppenheimer brothers, backed out, William Shape and George Hartmann determined to go on together.
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Camera and diary.
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Mining the Miners The despair of the depression was replaced with energy and purpose as Seattle responded to the needs of thousands of stampeders flooding through the city. As with many gold rushes, it was generally not the miners who struck it rich, but those who stepped forward to meet the miners' needs. Everything You Need Seattle had a number of attributes that enabled it to meet the demand created by the Chamber's successful advertising campaign. Seattle was a young, energetic city with a good transportation network. Local industries and nearby farmlands could support large numbers of stampeders. Seattle companies made blankets, clothings, and boots. Others processed abundant local crops and canned salmon from teeming local fish runs. Nearby coal mines provided cheap and plentiful fuel. Transcontinental trains brought in other needed supplies from wholesalers in the East and Midwest. There was something else about Seattle: the young, energetic city had a sense of purpose and optimism. The "Seattle Spirit," which had been dampened by the depression, was reawakened by the Klondike Gold Rush. Seattle Profits Seattle newspapers were filled with large illustrated advertisements promoting a wide variety of "Klondike" goods. Some were practical and others were scams. Arctic underwear and insect proof masks, air-tight stoves and Klondike bicycles, tents and portable houses, were just a few of the myriad items for sale to hopeful stampeders. Some spent as much as $1,000 (equivalent to $22,000 in 2005) for supplies and transportation. So profitable was the Klondike trade that by 1900 the amount of money changing hands daily in Seattle had quadrupled. I See by Your Outfit ... The "outfit" - the gear and food miners took on their journey - was critical. Klondike guidebooks usually included a list of goods making up a typical outfit. Some Seattle companies advertised that they could outfit miners in a single stop. Although the Seattle Chamber of Commerce discouraged women from joining the stampede, its women's department offered advice on purchasing supplies. During the winter of 1897-1898, the Northwest Mounted Police began requiring that each miner entering Canada have sufficient provisions to last a year. The food, clothing, shelter, and tools entailed could weigh 2,000 pounds or more. This became known as the "one-ton rule" and helped ensure that miners were prepared.
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Products for which gold is needed.
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