Searching for Fannie Quigley A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount Mckinley

Name: Searching for Fannie Quigley A Wilderness Life in the Shadow of Mount Mckinley
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ISBN: 9780804010979

ISBN-10: 0804010978

ISBN-13: 9780804010979

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jane G. Haigh

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At the age of 27, Fannie Sedlacek left her Bohemian homestead in Nebraska to join the gold rush to the Klondike. From the Klondike to the Tanana, Fannie continued north, finally settling in Katishna near Mount McKinley. This woman, later known as Fannie Quigley, became a prospector who staked her own claims and a cook who ran a roadhouse. She hunted and trapped and thrived for nearly forty years in an environment that others found unbearable. Her wilderness lifestyle inspired many of those who met her to record their impressions of this self-sufficient woman, who died in 1944. To many of the 700,000 annual visitors to Denali National Park she is a symbol of the enduring spirit of the…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Swallow Press
Publication date: 6/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

<p class="biography" <b Chip Olver</b has been a Banff Councillor for over ten years and has lived in Banff for 30 years. She has a Bachelor of Science from McMaster University and lives with her husband and three children.</p



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Obituary


Abbreviations



Nebraska and the West



Fannie the Hike: Dawson and the Klondike, 1898-1903


Clear Creek


Hunker Creek


Staking a Claim



Walking Out: From the Klondike to Alaska



Into Kantishna


Mount McKinley


Kantishna Gold


Placer Mining



Digging In: Mining Claims


Chasing the Yellow Pup


Glacier Creek, 1994 and 1995



Hard Rock: Quigley Ridge and Friday Creek


Marriage


Hard Rock Claims


Hard Rock Mining



Wilderness Life: Cooking and Gardening


Fannie Quigley's Blueberry Pie



The Outdoor Life: Hunting and Trapping



Wilderness Visitors


Creating the Park



Selling Out


From Claim to Mine



Drifting Apart


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index