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799-2
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- 1934-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A.D. "Sandy" Frew, the oldest living Alaskan mail carrier, at the 1934 Sourdough Reunion in Tacoma Washington. Frew, one of the co-founders of the event, carried mail by dogsled. His mail run was from Dyea to Rampart, 2200 miles. He averaged 80 miles a day. He holds in his hands some of the first gold taken out of the Klondike. It was dug from the El Dorado mine in 1897 and he carries it in a buckskin pouch for good luck. "Sourdough" is a slang term for an old time prospector of Alaska. The event held in Tacoma 8/16-19, 1934 was the 6th annual get together for the group to meet and reminisce. (T. Times 8/17/1934, pg. 1)
Gold miners; Frew, A.D.; Postal service employees--Alaska; Letter carriers--Alaska; Pioneers--Alaska;