Alaska’s Original Lady Sourdough,
Miss Nellie Cashman, Gets in Print
Tliefoihnving interesting; sketch of
the life el Nellie Cushman, well known
■old-timer of the Koyuknk and other
Interior Alaska camps, appeared in
t hj Mav number of the Sunset Maga
7. ne. m the denartment of “Interesting1
Westerners’’:
The original lady sourdough!
This title will ptobably conjure up'
i i the average mind a picture of an
aged grandmother sitting peacefully
before a fireplace, spending her declin
ing years in restful tranquility. But
this mental photo of Miss Nellie Cash
man, who bears the title, would be all!
wrong. Although irv the seventies, she!
is brimful of enterprise and energy. In
fact, this remarkable Alaskan pioneer i
recently came “Outside” on a business:
trip, making 480 miles of the journov !
from Fairbanks to the coast by uog j
team, a feat that would feaze many
men in their prime—but not the orig
dual lady sourdough. She is in the j
States fora few weeks to confer with!
associates relative to the development;
of an extensive mining property north
of the Arctic circle, and when she re
ttunns to Fairbanks expects to assume i
• ollice as deputy United States marshal
of tier district. Having been recorn- !
mended fer the appointment, she feels!
sure that she ’Will get it, not only be
cause she's always got everything she I
wanted in Alaska, Out also because she ’
considers herself better fitted to en
force the lav/than anybody else in the
■ district.
“No,” Miss Oashman smiled, “not;
■the enforcement of the two-gun man. f
wouldn’t think ot using force on any- !
body, particularly the boys up there, i
You see, they iook on me as a sort of 1
-mother,’ and they woulln't think of
■ doing anything wrong while L was
around, Pve been all through Alaska
dozens of times, but I’ve never been
troubled by bad men. There isn’t a
man in Alaska who doesn’t take off his
■hat when he meets me—and they al
ways stopswearing when I come round,
too. I wouldn’t hrve any trouble in
keeping order, because everybody’s or
derly when I’m around, anyway.”
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THE KUSKO TIMES
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Miss Cashman braved the perils of
the then unknown Frozen North nearly
fifty years ago ou an errand of ruercv
f >r which miners still refer to her as
the Florence Nightingale of the North.
Barn in Ireland, she was brought to
this country when a b itty, her family
settling in the West. When a young
woman she went, into business as a
h itel manager and storekeeper in Vir
ginia City. Nevada. Even in that lively
lo -aiity life grew irks .me for her. She
went to San Francisco with friends and
while there tossed up a coin to dcide
whether she should go to Alasda or
South America. The coin decided
Alaska, and a few weeks later sin- ar
rived at Vancouver, 15. C. While in
that city she learned that disease was
threatening the lives of miners in the
C-tssiar district, British Columbia. Im
mediately she enlisted a party and
started out with 1000 pounds of sup
plies -medicine and food—to relieve
the suffering mining camp The snow
on the trail was too deep for them, so
the party, with the supplies strapped
on their backs, made the hazardous;
trip by snowshi.es, arriving after 27
days in tune to save the lives of many
sufferers. News of Miss Cash man’s
venture reached a military post, and
ths.Commanding officer, deciding that
no woman could survive the hardships,
sent out a detail of men “to bring her
body back for a Christian burial."
When this military party arrived, Miss
Cashman greeted them with a square^
meal.
After spending two years in the Cas
siar district Miss Cashman again found ;
life irasome, and her venturesome j
spirit, led her to Tombstone, Arizona,
where she opened a store, but when j
the Alaska gold rush started in '97 she i
was one of the first to.arrive in Paw
-son. Since then Alaska and the Yukon
have been her home. In the Haw son
section she operated a mercantile store
and took a good many thousands out of
Bonanza creek, hut of this foitune;
little remains today. She has helped 1
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Henry Johnson, Thomas Burns, :
Victor Crisson, William Matklin, |
Leroy Tozier, John Clark, George
Wesch, their heirs, executors and
assigns:
Von, and each of you, are hereby I
notified that I, the undersigned, your j
co-owner, have expended in labor and !
improvements the sum of not Uss than !
one hundred dollars ($10<M>0) for the j
years 1018, 1010 and 1920 upon your in j
lerests in the Spot Association, situ I
a ted on Ganes creek, in the Inooko re- I
corning precinct. Territory of Alaska, j
in order to hold said claim under the I
provisions of Section 4*324 of the Re-j
vised Statutes of the l nited States and
the amendments thereto concerning I
annual labor upon mining claims, being !
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period ending l>ecetu
her 31, 1020.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of ]
said expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording the same, and the costs of
tills advertisement, your interests in ,
-aid claim will become the property of \
i the undersigned, your co»owner, whoj
! has made the required expenditures,
under the terms of said section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
C. L. BaKEK,
■ Co Owner.
Date of first publication, July 13, 1921.
Date of final publication, Oct. 19, 1.'21.
many sourdoughs, and never refused
any hapless miner nr adventurer a
‘•feed” in her Ytikon camp. She now
lias extensive claims in the Koyukuk
district of North Centra! Alaska.
Miss <'ashman was a feminist loner
before the coining of the word. Al
though she wears the clothes of au old
time grandmother. she 'ms the same
faith in the stayer woman of today as
she had in her more seriot s contempo
raries of early days and -■ tolerant of
their little frivolities of dress.
“They might,” she said, “put a little
more on You than they ! -it wouldn’t
hurt to add just a twite- hut no matter
what kind of clothes they wear, the
American women are all right. 1 don’t
know how long I’ll stay in Alaska. 1
intend t-a have my claims worked, but
after that, if anything turns up some
where else, I’m likely to pull up stakes
and start out.”
Bumper Crop o- Straw berries.
Salem. Ore.—Strawberries are going
belying on the Salem market. Big,
red. juicy berries of the choicest kind
were retailing here at four boxes for 2C
cents Moadav, and sales direct from
the producer to the housewife are re
ported as low as 81 to $1.25 for a crate.
It is predicted that the price will drop
even lower than Monday’s extremely
low figure. With approximately l-’OU
acres in Marion and Polk counties set
to strawberries and a bumper crop,
there appears to be no market suffi
ciently large to absorb the product.
Frit.- Tit,tel and Enrico Fanila lei;
for Berry# Landing yesterday, going up
with Bob Hart on the Maple Leaf.
Notice.
in tiie Probate Court for Innoko Pre
cinct. Fourth Pivision, Territory
of Alaska
Estate of Charles Ansio, a missing |>er
son: Charles Isaacson, guardian.
In the matter of the estate of Charles
Ansic, a missing person-, take notice
Charles Isaacson, guardian, having
made application for permission to sell
tiie,mining property of said estate of
Charles Ansio. I have set Wednesday.
September 7th, at mv office, in Ophir,
Alaska, as a date for a hearing of such
application, when all persons' are'
warned to be present and show cause
why such application should not be
granted.
Witness my hand and ollicial seal
I this 23d day of July, 1921.
11. IJ. Smith,
U. S. Commissioner and ex ollicio
probate judge, Innoko precinct.
Notice.
In the i rebate Court for ,nnoko I’re
einct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
Before B. B. Smith, United States Com
missioner and ex-officio probate
judge.
In the. matter of the Estate of Bobert
Evans, deceased
Notice is hereby given that the
judge of the above entitled court hav
ing appointed Evan L. Jones and Daniel
Nicholson executors of the estate of
Hubert. Evans, deceased, all persons
having claims against the estate of said
Bobert Evans, deceased, are required
to present them, with proper vouchers,
within si:: months fror.: the date of tins
notice, .to said Evan L. Jones and
Daniel Nicholson, e.mentors of said
estate, at the olfice of B. B. Smith , at
Cphir, Innoko precinct, Alaska
Evan L. Jones
Daniel Nxcholsv in.
Administrators of the Estate of
Bobert Evans, deceased.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, July JO, 1921.
Notice.
In the Probate Court for the Jnnoko
precinct,' Fourth iudicial division.
Territory of Alaska,
ivsuite of William Christ ie.
F.van L. Jones, administrator, having
applied for permission to sell t he real
property of-said estate, all persons in
terested in raid estate are notified to
appear in my office at Ophir. Alaska,
Saturday. September 10, 1921, at 4 p.
m.. to show cause why such permission
should not be given.
Witness mv tiand and official seal
this MO-t 1? dav of July, 1021.
11 H Smith,
P. S. Commissioner, Acting as pro
bate judge, Innoko precinct.
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