Stewart Menzies
Stewart Menzies was in St Michael, Alaska in 1986 when Arthur Harper’s small launch Beaver arrived from the south. Harper employed Menzies to take her up the Yukon River to Harper’s trading post at Fort Selkirk. Menzies later worked as an auditor for the Alaska Commercial Company.1) Menzies was Living at Forty Mile when he applied for 160 acres on the east bank of the Yukon River about one mile below the mouth of the Stewart River on May 20, 1896. James Wilson applied for lots 1 and 4 in group 3. In 1900, Menzies settled for Lot 6, Group 2 at the mouth of the Klondike River. Wilson got Lot 3 Group 3 at the mouth of the Stewart River.2)
In November 1896, after gold had been discovered on Bonanza Creek, Andrew Harper applied for land in the vicinity of the mouth of the Klondike River for a townsite. His was one of six applications to purchase land. Harper's application, dated November 1896, with survey fee paid, was applied for by Stewart Menzies, an employee of the Alaska Commercial Co. Menzies had a Power of Attorney from Harper to do this and it was Constantine's opinion that Menzies was a sharp operator and working for the interests of the Alaska Commercial Company.3)
Stewart Menzies is buried in the Hillside Public Cemetery in Dawson.