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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05245.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall |
| Title | Charles G. Horsfall to: "my dear boys." describing the weather, his work on a suspension bridge and his animals |
| Date | 20 April 1902 |
| Author | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Recipient | Horsfall, Owen |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Describes the blizzard last night. Discusses his work building a suspension bridge across Nome River at the expense of about $5,000 but storms are delaying the construction. Afterwards, he expects to work for the North American Trading and Transportation Company for $10 to $15 per day. He has disposed of the horses and all but two dogs. Berry has left Australia. Hopes the boys will visit and asks them to send him Appleton's Mechanical Encyclopedia. The "Bering Strait is frozen clear across the Siberian coast." Describes rescuing a Government horse that had fallen through the ice. [continued on 05/18] He has opened the bridge. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era Alaska Gold Rush Frontiers and Exploration Book Selling Literature and Language Arts Extreme Weather Building Construction Infrastructure Finance Pets Transportation Australia and Pacific Islands |
| People | Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910) Horsfall, Owen (fl. 1900-1910) |
| Place written | Nome, Alaska |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Writes to his children and wife about Klondike gold fields, mining, life in Alaska, Mormons, and the 1906 election. Horsfall was a Mormon. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Son |