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H. B. Welch
H.B. Welch came into the country during the gold rush but was not successful at mining so decided to try farming. He occupied Thom's Location, 5 km downstream from Minto Landing, at the turn of the century. He had two acres just downstream from two acres owned by G. G. Steele. In 1903, he acquired 160 acres six miles from the river and twenty acres three miles from the river. He applied for a homestead in 1909 and left the country in 1916 saying the war had stagnated everything and there was no future in his farm.1)
In 1927, Welch wrote to the government and expressed an interest in coming back to the Yukon and raising reindeer, but this scheme never developed into anything. H.B. Welch had a roadhouse, barn and stable just upstream from the present site of Minto in 1903, but the roadhouse was soon acquired by George Steele. Sometime after 1927, Leslie Thom established himself in some of Welch's old buildings and built some new ones.2)