George Fleming (d. 1940) George Fleming was the first government telegrapher in Whitehorse when the telegraph office was on the other side of the Yukon River [ca. 1899].((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 10 May 1940.)) In 1924, he retired from WP&YR and the telegraph service after 26 years of employment.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 21 March 1924.)) George Fleming died in Sacramento, California.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 10 May 1940.))