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Staking her claim : the life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska entrepreneur
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Staking her claim : the life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska entrepreneur

Author: Melanie J Mayer; R N DeArmond
Publisher: Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The story of a remarkable woman in the North American frontier. If Horatio Alger had imagined a female heroine in the same mold as one of the young male heroes in his rags-to-riches stones, she would have looked like Belinda Mulrooney. Smart, ambitious, competitive, and courageous, Belinda Mulrooney was destined through her legendary pioneering in the wilds of the Yukon basin to found towns and many businesses. She  Read more...
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Named Person: Belinda Mulrooney
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Melanie J Mayer; R N DeArmond
ISBN: 0804010218 9780804010214 0804010226 9780804010221
OCLC Number: 41572708
Description: xxii, 415 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: Ireland: Fostering self-reliance -- Pennsylvania: Unhappiness, deceptions, and new opportunities -- Young entrepreneur exploits Chicago and the World's Fair of 1893 -- Launching into the Pacific Northwest -- Chilkoot: Going in in 1897 -- Building Dawson -- Grand Forks, the Heart of Gold Country -- Mining in the winter of 1897-98 -- Winds of change -- Fair view in Dawson -- Skagway Caper -- Racing with winter -- Charles Eugene Carbonneau -- Belinda at her peak -- Spring 1899 and Carbonneau A-courting -- Klondike rush is over -- Belinda's triumphal tour -- Wedding -- Carbonneau and Carbonneau -- Mining gold run -- Starting over in Fairbanks -- Dome city bank: Business and funny business -- Retrenching in Yakima, Washington -- Notorious Charles E. Carbonneau -- Belinda matures.
Responsibility: Melanie J. Mayer & Robert N. DeArmond.

Abstract:

The story of a remarkable woman in the North American frontier. If Horatio Alger had imagined a female heroine in the same mold as one of the young male heroes in his rags-to-riches stones, she would have looked like Belinda Mulrooney. Smart, ambitious, competitive, and courageous, Belinda Mulrooney was destined through her legendary pioneering in the wilds of the Yukon basin to found towns and many businesses. She built two fortunes, supported her family, was an ally to other working women, and triumphed in what was considered a man's world.

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