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Item
Title
800-1
Date(s)
- 1934-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A.D. "Sandy" Frew, oldest living Alaskan mail carrier, and Mrs. Carrie Hewitt, of Wenatchee, who received the first letter ever delivered to Dawson, Alaska by Frew. Frew went to Alaska in 1895 and came out in 1922. He retired after 25 years of mail service, the government gave credit for 2 years for each year of perilous service up north. His route was 2200 miles of desolate wilderness, which he covered by dogsled. It once took him from December to July to deliver 1,000 miles of it. Ordinarily, he averaged 80 miles a day. At the time of the 1934 reunion, he lived with his wife in Seattle. (T. Times 8/17/1934, pg. 1)
Gold miners; Frew, A.D.; Postal service employees--Alaska; Letter carriers--Alaska; Hewitt, Carrie; Pioneers--Alaska;