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Fort Davis, Alaska Gold Rush era, Collection (101468)

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Fort Davis, Alaska Gold Rush era, Collection  (101468)
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Sixteen documents that give us a glimpse of military life of a quartermaster at Fort Davis. There is one that lets Lt. Wilson know that that a shortage of $1,000 means he will not have payroll for the soldiers when they return to the fort. The money will arrive when his replacement arrives. Much of the correspondence is over perceived shortages in his reports to headquarters. One shortage was his overpayment of 27c to Corporal Alex J Martin. There was a payment to the Washington Trading Company for paint and a valve. Also an invoice to Charles Horsfall of Nome River. And, of course, there needs to be some government insanity. He was admonished for including 25 yards of cocoa netting according to Substance Manual 181. It should have been reported in Substance Manual 580. Fort Davis was a United States Army post established in the Nome Census Area of Alaska in 1900. The Nome Gold Rush led to unrest from claim jumping, claim filing errors, and a general lack of authority. The Army was sent to the Nome area to maintain order. Before Fort Davis was established, soldiers from the port of St. Michael were sent to maintain order in Nome. St. Michael was a transit harbor for the Klondike gold rush and due to its growth during the rush, a military fort was built there in 1897. Fort Davis was abandoned around 1917.

Date: 1902-1904
City/County: Fort Davis
State: Alaska