Michael Bartlett (d. 1904)
	
The Bartlett Brothers [Michael and Edward] were famous for their freighting business on the Chilkoot trail. They had one hundred animals and packed hundreds of tons of merchandise.((“Bartlett Brothers.” //Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 1 November 1899; “Some Whose Riches Were Not Made In The Mines.” AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://alaskaweb.org/mining/nonminers.html.)) Mike Bartlett met his future wife Mollie Walsh, known as the Angel of the Klondike Trail, at her restaurant at Log Cabin.((Sam Holloway, “Mollie, oh Mollie.” //The Yukoner Magazine Stories.// 2020 website:  https://www.yukoner.com/molly.htm.)) \\
	
After the rush, in mid-1897, the Bartlett’s moved their animals to Dawson and in October 1899 were using eighty-eight animals between Dawson and the creeks. Their main office was on First Avenue in Dawson with a branch office on Fifth Avenue near the bridge. They had large stables at Dominion, and large stores at Dominion and Gold Bottom. They were known to have the finest brands of wines, liquors, and cigars, and made every effort to ensure the comfort of their clients. They also had mining property notably on Dominion Creek. In the fall of 1899, they added a meat market to their list of businesses, and they planned to run a winter stage between Dawson and the goldfield towns of Gold Bottom, and Dominion.((“Bartlett Brothers.” //Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 1 November 1899; “Some Whose Riches Were Not Made In The Mines.” AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://alaskaweb.org/mining/nonminers.html.)) \\
	
In 1899, Bartlett Brothers was operating in Dawson and anticipating the construction of a new road, the Ridge Road, connecting Dawson to Dominion Creek. They brothers built a large two-storey hotel at Caribou City on Dominion and were building a new store in September 1899. They planned to run a daily stage between Dawson and Dominion during the winter. The new town at Caribou was planned to rival the importance of Grand Forks at the intersection of Bonanza and Eldorado creeks.((//Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 6 September 1899.)) The Bartletts operated a roadhouse out of a tent at Gold Bottom until their new two-story Gold Bottom Hotel was completed. The hotel opened on 8 November 1899 with a dance, and Bartlett Brothers ran horse-drawn sleds from Dawson loaded with high-rollers for the event.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 9 November 1899.)) \\ 
	
Mike and Mollie Walsh were married in Dawson in 1900, and they had a child [Leo]. Mike participated in the stampede to Nome, Alaska where he had a bad experience and drank too much. Mollie left Dawson with their child and moved to Seattle. Mike followed and found her at her apartment when he was drunk and quarrelsome. Mollie fled to an alley where Mike shot her in the back, and then tried to kill himself. He was charged with murder but convinced the judge that Mollie’s drinking and behaviour had driven him temporarily insane. He spent some time in a mental hospital, and two years after the murder he hung himself.((Murray Lundberg, “Mollie Walsh Bartlett (1872-1902).” 10 May 2001, //ExploreNorth,// 2020 website: http://www.explorenorth.com/library/bios/walsh-mollie.html.))