Yukon who is who

Bernhard M. Volkman (d. 1947)

Bernhard Volkman came north from San Francisco during the Klondike gold rush.¹⁾ He was an employee of the Alaska Commercial Co. (AC Co.) and was the successor to Joe Burke as manager of the Yukon Saw Mill in Dawson. Volkman and partner Frank Neill bought the sawmill from the AC Co. in 1915. The business shut down between 1917 and 1922.²⁾ Volkman moved to Mayo during the 1920s boom and established the Yukon Saw Mill Co. there.³⁾ In 1925, he moved to Flushing, Long Island, N.Y. where he was engaged in the timber business.⁴⁾