Title taken from back of photograph. "The group at Lake Harding May 19, 1929. Sadie Pratt, Fred Kubon, Harry Goffey, Alta Tanner, Helene Durand, Lillian, John Cleveland, Helen Franklin, Herb Heller. Walter Kubon out of picture."
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...