Roderick Thomas (1865 – 1940) Roderick Thomas came to the Yukon from Selkirk, Manitoba in the early days. For many years he was a stage driver on the Overland Trail for White Pass & Yukon Route. He died on Christmas night after wandering away from his Whitehorse home. He had been in ill health for several years.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 27 December 1940.))