h:f_harper
This is an old revision of the document!
Frank Harper
Frank Harper, a North-West Mounted Police inspector, was the first postmaster when the Dawson post office opened on 1 September 1897. He held the position until October 1898. Isaac J. Hartman took over on 1 November and held the position until he retired in February 1913.1)
Harper left on the steamer Canadian for a ten to twelve day trip in early September 1898 to establish police posts at Indian River and Sixtymile, overlook the quarters at Stewart and leave supplies, establish a post halfway between Stewart and at Selwyn, Selwyn River, Hootchikoo, and Tantalus Butte. All of the posts were to be under the Dawson Division. Harper took mechanics and wood choppers and distributed them to prepare or extend the facilities at each post.2) After he returned to Dawson, Harper sent out more mechanics and wood choppers to hasten the work.3) Captain Harper was appointed stipendiary magistrate after his return from upriver. He replaced Captain Starnes who took the position of quarter master and pay master and the occasional duty in civil cases.4)
1)
Canadian Museum of Civilization website on the mail in the Yukon: http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/smail/smail11e.html
2)
“Police Post Extension.” Klondike Nugget (Dawson), 14 September 1898.
3)
“Matter at the Barracks.” Klondike Nugget (Dawson), 1 October 1898.
4)
“Police Court Items.” Klondike Nugget (Dawson), 8 October 1898.
h/f_harper.1731463954.txt.gz · Last modified: by sallyr