have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Stuck continued to urge Alaska Native youths in their education, helping arrange scholarships and sponsors for education in the Lower 48. For instance, John Fredson was the first Alaska Native to finish high school and graduate from college. Sponsored by Stuck and the Episcopal Church, he went to the University of the South in Tennessee. After returning to Alaska, he developed as a Gwich'in leader. In 1941 he gained federal recognition of the Venetie Indian Reserve to protect his people's traditional territory. Walter Harper was accepted at medical school in Philadelphia, but died en route when his ship sank off the coast of Alaska. Stuck worked as a priest in Alaska for the rest of his life, serving both Alaska Natives and American settlers. Like many other missionaries, he never married. He died of pneumonia in Fort Yukon. By his request, he was buried in the native cemetery there. Legacy and honors A memorial service was conducted at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City in his honor. Books Voyages on the Yukon and its Tributaries. 1917. A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic Coast. 1920. References Further reading David Dean, Breaking Trail: Hudson Stuck of Texas and Alaska (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1988). External links Hudson Stuck, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled, 1914, Internet Archive Hudson Stuck, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled, 1916, Project Gutenberg Hudson Stuck, Voyages on the Yukon and its Tributaries, 1917 (available through google books and hathitrust.org) Hudson Stuck, The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley), 1918, Project Gutenberg Hudson Stuck, Baccaulaureate Sermon Given at Columbia University, 1916 (available through google books) David M. Dean, "Hudson Stuck biography – Texas State Historical Association 1865 births 1920 deaths Alumni of King's College London American mountain climbers Deaths from pneumonia in Alaska Denali People from Fort Yukon, Alaska People of the Alaska Territory Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Burials in Alaska