Primary Name: Wells, E. Hazard

Filed as: Wells, E. Hazard

Also known as: E. Hazard Wells

Occupation / Association: Expedition leader; explorer; Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition

Associated places: Alaska Coast; Yukon Territory; Interior Alaska

Keywords: Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition, E Hazard Wells expedition, Jack Dalton explorer, EJ Glave Alaska explorer, Alaska exploration 1890, Alaska Yukon exploration history

Biography

In 1890, the Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition was organized to explore the largely unknown region between the Alaska coast and the Yukon.

The expedition was led by E. Hazard Wells and included E. J. Glave, A. B. Schanz, F. B. Price, and the well-known Alaska guide and trader Jack Dalton. The expedition sought to document and report on the geography, travel routes, and conditions of the interior region at a time when much of the territory between the coast and the Yukon River remained poorly mapped and largely unknown to outsiders.

Explorations such as the Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition helped bring wider national attention to Alaska’s interior routes and resources during the years leading up to the Klondike gold rush.

Sources

Alaska Mining Hall of Fame