George P. MacGowan papers, 1858-1917.

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George P. MacGowan papers, 1858-1917.

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The George P. MacGowan Papers consist of a diary, certificates, correspondence, and photographs from MacGowan's trip on the Yukon River in 1897 and 1898. MacGowan was a participant in the gold rush at Rampart, Alaska, and his Yukon trip records provide an account of life in that community. The collection also includes MacGowan's journals from 1904 to 1917, when he lived on the East Coast of the United States, and some documents relating to his father, Alexander MacGowan.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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MacGowan, George P.

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George P. MacGowan was born in San Francisco in 1863. His family primarily lived on military posts in California where his father, Alexander B. MacGowan, was stationed. In 1876 George attended boarding school in New York state, graduating from Mechanicville Academy in 1881. He attended Middlebury College; his diary indicates that he graduated from college, probably Middlebury. MacGowan participated in the gold rush at Rampart, Alaska. He came in on the "St. Michael" in 1897, spent the winter, an...