This appendix lists, by location, supply firms which were known as
outfitters (or at least advertised as such) for the Klondike trade in
1897-98. These lists are, unfortunately, not comprehensive, especially
in the case of Seattle for which newspaper sources are not as readily
available as they are for Canadian cities. Information has generally
been gleaned from newspapers, guides to the Klondike and from personal
accounts of outfitting experiences on the west coast. From these sources
it is impossible to determine either the relative successes of the firms
mentioned or the honesty and wisdom of their service to the Klondiker.
In the instances of the Hudson's Bay Company, Oppenheimer Brothers
(Vancouver), Fischer Brothers (Seattle), and R.P. Rithet and Company
(Victoria), mere repetition of references leads one to infer a
proportionate popularity. For others, such as McLennan, McFeely and
Company, Thomas Dunn and Company and Kelly Douglas and Company, all of
Vancouver, an active supply trade maintained with Dawson City is a sure
indication of groundwork carefully laid.
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| Seattle |
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| Groceries and General Outfits |
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| Augustine and Kyer | grocers |
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| Coffin Brothers | outfitters |
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| Fischer Brothers | wholesale groceries |
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| Frank and Way | foods broker |
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| Lilly Bogardus and Company | wholesale grain and foods |
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| Murphy Grant and Company | outfitters |
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| Schwabacher Brothers and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Seattle Grocery Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Seattle Trading Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Sprague, Warner and Company | groceries |
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| Winship Brothers | wholesale groceries |
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| Hardware, Tools and Miners' Supplies |
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| Felitz Brothers Tent and Awning Company | tent and awning |
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| Golden Rule Bazaar Company | bar and hotel fittings |
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| Gordon Hardware Company | hardware |
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| Hardy Hall Arms Comopany | firearms |
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| Mitchell, Lewis and Stayer Company | mining machinery |
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| Seattle Hardware Company | hardware |
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| Dry Goods and Other Specialties |
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| Red Front Furnishings | clothing |
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| Steward and Holmes | drugs |
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| Washington Shoe Manufacturing Company | footwear |
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| Victoria |
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| Groceries and General Outfits |
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| Brackman and Ker Milling Company | grains and feeds |
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| Braid and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Thomas Earle | wholesale groceries |
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| T. Eaton Company | general outfits |
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| Erskine Wall and Company | groceries |
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| Fell and Company | groceries |
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| Hall Ross and Company | flour |
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| Hardress Clarke | groceries, tea |
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| Hudson's Bay Company | general outfits |
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| Simon Leiser and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Martin and Robertson | concentrated foods |
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| Okell and Morris Fruit Preserving Company | prepared foods |
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| R.P. Rithet and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Dixi H. Ross | groceries |
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| M.R. Smith and Company | biscuit manufacturers |
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| Turner, Beeton and Company | wholesale groceries, general outfits |
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| Watson and Hall | groceries |
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| Wilson Brothers | wholesale groceries |
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| Hardware, Tools and Miners' Supplies |
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| Albion Iron Works | sheet iron stoves |
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| Capital Planing Mills | boats |
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| Hercules Gas Engine Works | engines (for boats) |
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| Hickman Tye Hardware | hardware |
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| Lemon, Gonnason and Company | Yukon boats |
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| E.G. Prior and Company | tools and hardware |
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| E.J. Saunders | sleds and harnesses |
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| Spratt and Macaulay | Yukon canoes |
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| M.J. Wiatt and Company | Klondike safes |
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| Weller Brothers | wholesale, retail furnishings and utensils |
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| Dry Goods and Other Specialties |
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| Alaska Sail Loft and Tent Factory | canvas goods |
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| Cameron | retail clothing |
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| John Cochrane | medical outfits |
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| A.B. Erskine | boots |
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| Gilmore and McCandless | mining supplies, dry goods |
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| Hall and Company | medical outfits |
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| Arthur Holmes | dry goods |
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| F. Jeune and Brothers | canvas goods |
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Langley and Henderson Brothers
(Henderson Brothers after Jan. 1898) | drugs, wholesale |
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| Lenz and Leiser | dry goods |
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| Marks | clothing |
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| George H. Maynards | footwear |
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| E.A. Morris | tobacconist |
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| Oak Hall | clothing |
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| J. Piercy and Company | wholesale dry goods |
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| Sam Reid's | clothing |
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| Thomas Shotbolt | drugs |
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| Thomas Brothers and Grant | clothing |
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| The Westside | dry goods, blankets |
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| B. Williams and Company | dry goods |
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| W. and J. Wilson | clothing |
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| Vancouver |
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| Groceries and Other Outfits |
| Brackman and Ker Milling Company | grains and feeds |
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| William Braid and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| Dominion Grocery | groceries |
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| Findlay and Company | dried foods |
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| Hobson and Ingram | groceries and provisions |
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| Hudson's Bay Company | general outfitters |
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| Kelly Douglas and Company | wholesale groceries |
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| W.H. Malkin and Company | wholesale groceries and provisions |
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Langley and Henderson Brothers
(Henderson Brothers after Jan. 1898) | drugs, wholesale |
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| Martin and Robertson | concentrated foods |
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| McMillan and Hamilton | wholesale groceries |
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| Oppenheimer Brothers | wholesale groceries |
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| Page Ponsford Brothers | outfits |
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| Webster Brothers | groceries |
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| Weeks and Robson | groceries, provisions |
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| Woodward's Department Store | outfits |
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| Hardware, Tools and Miners' Supplies |
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| Thomas Dunn and Company | wholesale hardware |
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| A. Godfrey | hardware |
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| McClary Manufacturing Company | folding stoves |
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| McLennan, McFeely and Company | wholesale hardware |
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| E.G. Prior and Company | tools and hardware |
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| Dry Goods and Other Specialties |
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| Bailey Brothers Company | books and maps |
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| Robert Clark | Klondike clothing |
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| Clubb and Stewart | outfits, clothing |
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| C.F. Foreman | boots |
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| S. Greenshields, Son and Company | dry goods |
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| Johnston, Kerfoot and Company | Klondike goods |
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| J.A. Pyke | Klondike boots |
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| Wilzinski Optical | optical supplies |
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