Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine.  Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper.  In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor.  He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle &amp; Dawson Stage Line<br><br>Caption on image:  B.S. Downing mail teams leaving Circle City for Fort Gibbon, Alaska .<br><br>Warner [2095]<br><br>Filed in Alaska series.
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Dog teams--Alaska--Circle; Mail sleds--Alaska--Circle; Women--Alaska--Circle; Log cabins--Alaska--Circle</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Circle (Alaska)</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56170486" class="extiw" title="d:Q56170486"><span title="American photographer">Arthur Churchill Warner</span></a>
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