Anna Smith Puckett (1871 – 1934)
	
Mrs. Anna Smith and William Puckett were married in 1902. She was a widow with three children who came to Whitehorse from Kentucky in 1900. She operated a small fruit and confectionary store on Main Street before she married Puckett.((Dianne Green, //Exploring Old Whitehorse: Three Walking Tours of the Yukon's Capitol.// Yukon Historical and Museums Association 1996: 75-6.)) After they were married, the Puckets moved to the Takhini Roadhouse. MacBride Museum holds Mrs. Pucket’s diary and a record of her first seven year in the Yukon. Anna wrote about the 1905 fire in downtown Whitehorse, and her fears about her store.((“MacBride Museum’s Sourdough Stories: Grandma and Granddad Puckett.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 9 May 2008.))
	
The Puckets sold the Takhini Roadhouse around 1908 and moved into town so Anna’s son Deyo could attend school. They used the profits from the sale to buy Unworth’s Hardware on Main Street. In the 1920s, Anna opened her own shop right next to Unworth’s Hardware and sold novelties and gifts.((“MacBride Museum’s Sourdough Stories: Grandma and Granddad Puckett.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 9 May 2008.)) Their beautiful home became the centre of Whitehorse society.((Delores Smith, "Gulch named after well-known pioneer." //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 September 1994.)) Anna was one of the first women to own a Ford touring car in Whitehorse. She and Mr. J. C. Newmarch [Jack Newmarsh?] bought a Ford in May 1926.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 2 March 1934; //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 28 May 1926; Dawn Nickel, "Stepping Through the Twentieth Century: Rediscovering Whitehorse Women's History." Heritage Studies Program, 1996.)) Mrs. Puckett passed away in 1934 after a lengthy illness at her son's home in Long Beach, California.((Delores Smith, "Gulch named after well-known pioneer." //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 7 September 1994.))