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 George Fairclough
-George Fairclough married May, a daughter of Ira and Eliza Van Bibber.((“May Fairclough House.” Mayo Walking Tour, Yukon Government, 2018: 9.)) George and May Fairclough bought the Pelly Farm in 1927. George Fairclough freighted on the river and was in the wood business as well as wintering government horses. He cut the wood and built a spacious home of 6x6 squared timbers with five bedrooms for his family. In 1940, the Faircloughs sold the farm to J.C. Wilkinson and his family.((Flo Whyard, “Farm’s history goes back 94 years”. //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 3 May 1995.))
+George Fairclough had a trading post at Tatl’á Män, probably in the 1920s where there were lots of trappers in the area and fur prices were high.((Ruth Gotthardt and Christian Thomas, //Tatl’á Män: The history and archaeology of an ancient fishing village.”// Yukon Government, 2024: 11-12.)) George married May, a daughter of Ira and Eliza Van Bibber. ((“May Fairclough House.” Mayo Walking Tour, Yukon Government, 2018: 9.)) Ira Van Bibber fished for Billy Atkinson at the old village fish camp at Tatl’á Män Lake and later brought his family to the site.((Ruth Gotthardt and Christian Thomas, //Tatl’á Män: The history and archaeology of an ancient fishing village.”// Yukon Government, 2024: 11-12.))
+George and May Fairclough bought the Pelly Farm in 1927. George Fairclough freighted on the river and was in the wood business as well as wintering government horses. He cut the wood and built a spacious home of 6x6 squared timbers with five bedrooms for his family. In 1940, the Faircloughs sold the farm to J.C. Wilkinson and his family.((Flo Whyard, “Farm’s history goes back 94 years”. //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 3 May 1995.))
 During the Second World War, Fairclough hauled freight from Fort Selkirk to Ross River for the CANOL Project. There is a photo of his boat with a barge full of drums labelled PRA [Public Roads Administration], ca. 1942-44.((Yukon Archives, Anglican Church 89/41 1324 PHO 380)) When a railway line was surveyed along what is now the Robert Campbell Highway, Fairclough, living in Carmacks, ferried men and supplies on the Pelly River using his boat, the //Pelly #5.//((Donald E. Taylor in Watson Lake. "Letters to the Editor: Railway wisdom." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 21 February 2001.))