<p>Most of the people who poured into Dawson starting in 1897 were Americans. As a result, the Fourth of July was a big holiday.
This photo, taken by Eric Hegg on July 4, 1899, shows Captain Jack Cawford on his horse in Dawson. Cawford was an American and a veteran of both the Civil War and the Indian Wars of the 1860s and 1870s. In 1899, he was elected marshal of the holiday parade. After the parade, he recited a poem he had written in honor of the occasion.</p>
<p>Original title: Capt. Jack Cawford. Marshal of the day, July 4th 99. Dawson Y.T.

Original photograph: Hegg, E.A., July 4, 1899. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts; Fourth of July celebrations; Gold rushes; Holidays; Horseback riding; Wooden sidewalks</li>
<li>People: Cawford, Jack, Capt</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Eric_A._Hegg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Eric A. Hegg"><span title="photographer, gold digger (1867-1947)">Eric A. Hegg</span></a>
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