Glave, E. J.
Primary Name: E. J. Glave
Filed as: e_l_glave
Also known as: E.J. Glave, Glave E.J.
Occupation / Association: Exploration expedition
Born: 1890 (expedition formation)
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Associated places: Alaska Coast; Yukon Territory; Interior Alaska
Keywords: Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition, Frank Leslie Expedition Alaska, E Hazard Wells expedition, Jack Dalton expedition, Alaska exploration 1890
Biography
The Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition was organized in 1890 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 Jack Dalton.
The expedition sought to document and explore the interior routes between the Pacific coast and the Yukon River basin during a period when much of the region remained little known to non-Native explorers.
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Tags: Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition, E Hazard Wells, E J Glave, A B Schanz, F B Price, Jack Dalton, Alaska exploration history
Wells, E. Hazard
Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition
In 1890, Jack Dalton joined the Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition, which was organized to explore the largely unknown region between the Alaska coast and the Yukon interior.
The expedition was led by E. Hazard Wells and included E. J. Glave, A. B. Schanz, F. B. Price, and Jack Dalton.
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- Historical accounts of the Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition
Bratnober, Henry
Primary Name: Bratnober, Henry
Filed as: bratnober_henry
Also known as: Henry Bratnober
Occupation / Association: Businessman; Mining Investor; Partner, Dalton Trail Company
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Associated places: Alaska; Yukon District; Pyramid Harbor; Forty-Mile District; Circle District
Keywords: Henry Bratnober, Dalton Trail Company partner, Yukon freighting, Alaska mining investor
Biography
Henry Bratnober was a partner in the Dalton Trail Company, organized in 1895 to provide reliable freighting services into the Yukon during the early gold rush period.
Observing the pre-Klondike gold activity in the Circle and Forty-Mile mining districts and the growing need for dependable transportation into the Yukon region, John Malony and Jack Dalton formed a partnership for the Dalton Trail Company. Bratnober joined the venture along with E. B. Hanley and Fred Norvell.
The company operated the Dalton Trail, a packhorse route extending from Pyramid Harbor across the coastal mountains toward the Yukon interior. Prior to the completion of the White Pass & Yukon Railway, the trail served as an important transportation and supply route for miners and prospectors traveling to the interior goldfields.
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Historical accounts of the Dalton Trail Company and Yukon freighting operations
Tags: Henry Bratnober, Dalton Trail Company, Alaska mining investors, Yukon freighting, Klondike Gold Rush logistics, Pyramid Harbor trail
Norvell, Fred
Primary Name: Dalton Trail Company
Filed as: Dalton Trail Company
Also known as: Dalton Trail freighting partnership
Occupation / Association: Yukon freight and transportation company
Associated places: Yukon River region; Dalton Trail; Alaska; Yukon Territory, Canada
Keywords: Dalton Trail Company, Jack Dalton freighting, John Malony Yukon freighting, EB Hanley Yukon trade, Fred Norvell Yukon freighting, Henry Bratnober Alaska mining investors, Dalton Trail history
Biography
The Dalton Trail Company was formed in 1895 to provide reliable freight transportation into the Yukon region during the early years of northern gold exploration.
Observing the growing pre-Klondike mining activity in the Circle and Forty-Mile Districts and the resulting need for dependable supply routes into the interior, John Malony and Jack Dalton organized the partnership. They were joined by investors and associates E. B. Hanley, Fred Norvell, and Henry Bratnober.
The company operated along the route that became known as the Dalton Trail, a major overland route used by miners, prospectors, and freight outfits traveling between the coast and the Yukon interior before and during the Klondike gold rush.
Through their freight operations, the Dalton Trail Company played an early role in developing transportation infrastructure supporting the mining districts of Alaska and the Yukon.
Sources
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame
Hanley, E. B.
Primary Name: Dalton Trail Company
Filed as: dalton_trail_company
Also known as: Dalton Trail freighting partnership
Occupation / Association: Freighting company serving Yukon mining districts
Born: 1895 (formation)
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Associated places: Circle District, Alaska; Forty-Mile District, Yukon; Dalton Trail; Yukon River region
Keywords: Dalton Trail Company, Dalton Trail freighting, John Malony, Jack Dalton, E B Hanley, Fred Norvell, Henry Bratnober, Yukon freighting companies
Biography
Observing the pre-Klondike gold activity in the Circle and Forty-Mile Districts and the resulting need for reliable freighting in the Yukon region, John Malony and Jack Dalton organized a partnership in 1895 to operate the Dalton Trail Company.
The company was formed with additional partners E. B. Hanley, Fred Norvell, and Henry Bratnober. The enterprise provided freighting services along the Dalton Trail and into the Yukon mining districts, supporting prospectors and miners working in the region before the Klondike gold rush.
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Tags: Dalton Trail Company, John Malony, Jack Dalton, E B Hanley, Fred Norvell, Henry Bratnober, Yukon freighting companies
Malony, John F.
Primary Name: Malony, John F., Jr.
Filed as: Malony, John F., Jr.
Also known as: John F. Malony; John Mahony
Occupation / Association: Lawyer; businessman; mining investor; mayor of Juneau; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; President, Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Shieldsville Township, Rice County, Minnesota; Glendive, Montana; Dawson County, Montana; Porcupine District, Alaska; Windham Bay, Alaska; Rainy Hollow, British Columbia; Palo Alto, California
Keywords: John F Malony Juneau Alaska, Juneau mayor early Alaska, Dalton Trail Company partners, Jack Dalton Alaska Pathfinder associate, Porcupine Mining District Alaska, Alaska Electric Light and Power Company history, Chicken Ridge Juneau development, Alaska pioneers business leaders
Biography
John F. Malony, Jr. was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo, and one of the most influential early civic and business leaders in Juneau. Pioneer banker and businessman B. M. Behrends once remarked that Malony had “probably done more for Juneau than any other man.”
Malony was born in 1857 in Shieldsville Township, Rice County, Minnesota, to Francis and Mary Donahue Malony, Irish immigrants who had earlier settled in New Brunswick, Canada. He was educated at Shattuck School in Faribault and at St. John’s College in St. Cloud, Minnesota. After reading law under Minnesota Attorney General Gordon E. Coles, he passed the bar and practiced law for nearly twenty years.
In 1881, he moved to Glendive, Montana, during the rapid development of the mining frontier. His career advanced quickly: he was appointed Probate Judge in 1882, elected to the Montana legislature later that year, and served as a delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention in 1884.
Following an assassination attempt during a speech in Montana, Malony eventually left the territory and moved north to Alaska in the mid-1890s, bringing with him his son Joseph Mahony.
In Juneau, he met Cora Cleveland, a milliner who had established a hat shop in the city in 1895. They married in Juneau, and on December 29, 1899, their son John F. Malony III was born.
Malony worked closely with Alaska Pathfinder Jack Dalton. In 1893, he successfully defended Dalton in the controversial trial involving the death of Don (or Dennis) McGinnis. Malony and Dalton later partnered in several ventures, including the Dalton Trail Company and the Dalton Pony Express Company, which served miners traveling to the Yukon prior to the construction of the White Pass and Yukon Railway.
Malony also participated in early mining investments throughout Southeast Alaska. He was involved in placer claims on Chicken Ridge in 1890 and later in mining ventures in the Porcupine district near Haines with partners including E. B. Hanley. The group also operated the Porcupine Trading Company.
Beyond mining, Malony invested in fisheries and canneries near Wrangell and Petersburg and became a principal stockholder in the Juneau Ferry & Navigation Company.
Malony was deeply involved in civic affairs. He served on Juneau’s first city council around 1900 and was elected mayor in 1907. He also helped lead the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, serving as its president while J. P. Corbus served as treasurer. Their leadership expanded electrical power generation in Juneau during the early twentieth century.
Among Malony’s real estate projects were the Gold Belt residential development and the Malony Block commercial buildings in downtown Juneau. One house constructed in association with mining entrepreneur Bart Thane later became the well-known Wickersham House.
Malony’s health declined around 1915, and he moved to California while continuing to manage his Alaska investments. He died in Palo Alto, California in early June 1919. He was survived by his wife, Cora Cleveland Malony, and three children.
Sources
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame.
Gastineau Channel Historical Society, Winter 1986.
Malony Collection, Alaska State Library, MS 40.
Alaska Daily Empire, June 2, 1919.