MINING NEWS: Gold rush judge’s diaries go digitalTerritory’s Judge Wickersham’s colorful tales of life among Nome stampeders are on Alaska State Library Web site Sarah Hurst Mining News Editor
The adventures of an intrepid judge at the height of Alaska’s gold rush have been published online, thanks to the Alaska State Library. Judge James Wickersham was appointed district judge in 1900, and came up from Washington, initially to Eagle City, but soon afterwards cleaned up scandal-ridden Nom....
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