Dutch Kate
	
Dutch Kate was the first white woman to reach Forty Mile. She came in the summer of 1887 via the summit and brought one ton of provisions. After the winter of 1887/88 she decided to dispose of her goods and return to Dyea.((Gordon C. Bettles, "Why I Came to Alaska." Introduced by Candy Waugaman. //Alaska History,// Vol.10, No.2, Fall 1995: 3.)) Ray Stewart heard many times about the "sporting woman" Dutch Kate who came to Forty Mile but did not stay very long.((Yukon Archives, V. Faulkner MSS 135 83/50 f.5. 1962 letter from Ray Stewart.))