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Matthew Watson and his son Matthew, 13, travelled from Tacoma, Washington to Dawson City, Yukon in early 1897. They returned to Dyea, Alaska in the fall. His wife, Grace, arrived in Dyea with their three other small children, Grace, Bill and Bruce on February 2, 1898. The Watson family, along with a horse and 2 dogs, travelled over the Chilkoot Pass in March 1899, arriving in Atlin, B.C. in April. They returned to Skagway in the fall of 1899, moved to Bennett by train in early 1900 and eventually settled in Whitehorse.

Norman Allen Watt and Garnett Cunning Watt were brothers who operated as businessmen in Dawson City, Yukon, ca. 1900-1919. Some of their enterprises include the Aylmer Mining Co., various mining claims, and a proposed insurance agency. Norman Watt also sat on the Territorial Council from 1916-1917. Norman Watt was born ca. 1880 and died in 1946. After prospecting in Dawson City he joined the Canadian Army, then moved to Victoria ca. 1919 as Premier T.D. Pattullo's private secretary. In 1925 he moved to Prince George and served as Government Agent. In 1919 Norman married Ann Dorothea Acheson in Ottawa. They had three daughters Joan (Anderson), Norma, and Lydia. Ann died in 1933.

The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1947 under the name Whitehorse Board of Trade. It was created as a means to promote and improve trade and commerce, and the economic, civic, and social welfare of the people of the Town of Whitehorse. The main objectives of the Board were as follows: to promote the Yukon's tourist trade through publicity; assist the mining industry; increase accommodation to visitors; provide answers to enquiries from tourists, business, and employment seekers; to promote roads and parks; and to improve education and postal facilities. It attempted to achieve these objectives through a program of exhibitions, publicity campaigns, civic improvement projects, and community activities. A wide range of business and economic interests were represented in the Board, with a membership composed of local citizens drawn from the commercial, industrial, mining, agricultural, and volunteer sectors. It was a volunteer organization managed by a volunteer board which was elected yearly. In 1964, following a trend across Canada, the Board of Trade changed its name to the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce. The organizational structure remained the same. As a Yukon Chamber of Commerce did not exist until the 1980's, the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce often represented business interests for the whole Territory instead of solely for Whitehorse. In 1964, following a trend across Canada, the Board of Trade changed its name to the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce. The organizational structure remained the same. As a Yukon Chamber of Commerce did not exist until the 1980's, the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce often represented business interests for the whole Territory instead of solely for Whitehorse. Since inception, most of the Chamber's work was accomplished through committee work. Some of the more important committees were: Tourism; Government Affairs; Policy; Commercial, economic and industrial; Downtown development; Education; Civic Action; Transportation; and Pipeline. In 1975, the Chamber hired their first paid office manager. This enabled them to become involved with issues in a more substantive way. The office manager was able to prepare briefs, submissions, and interventions for the Board's approval.

The officers of the Club shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary and a Treasurer. Function: The object of the Whitehorse Golf and Country Club Society is to provide for the members thereof a golf course, golf green and clubhouse, and to supply to members thereof refreshments and all things incidental to the playing of golf.

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In August of 1897 Dr. Perry F. Scharschmidt, a correspondent for the Victoria Colonist, arrived in the north. Initially, he reported on conditions in Dyea and Skagway, Alaska but he soon moved northward to describe activities in and around Dawson City, Yukon. In 1898 Scharschmidt and L. Dumar founded the Bennett Sun Publishing Company. The Bennett Sun lasted a year when operations moved to Whitehorse where these two men began publishing the White Horse Star. Following a succession of editors the name of the paper changed to the Weekly Star in 1905. Twenty years later the name of the paper was changed to the Whitehorse Star. During the Second World War an increased amount of commercial printing and job-work necessitated an expansion of both staff and operating hours. Circulation, however, remained steady at approximately 300 copies per week. In the mid-1950s the number of contributors throughout the Territory increased thereby making the paper truly representative of the Yukon and its communities. With the purchase of modern and efficient offset printing equipment, the paper began publishing twice weekly. In May 1966 a fire burned down the Whitehorse Star editorial office in the lane north of Main Street. The print shop on Main Street was rebuilt to incorporate the editorial and business office, the stationery store, and the printing facilities. In 1974 the paper moved to a two-story building at 2149 2nd. Ave. (its present location). Soon after the 1974 move the Whitehorse Star leased and later sold its job printing business to Howard Patterson and Gary Hewitt who later started Arctic Star Printing. On November 15, 1977 the Whitehorse Star became affiliated with the Canadian Press wire service and adopted a daily publication schedule. The Whitehorse Star continues to publish 5 times a week.

Wilf Veysey and his wife, Dorothy. lived in Whitehorse in 1937. They later lived in Vancouver, B.C.

Jared Cecil Wilkinson was born in Richfield, Utah on July 30, 1886. Lura Thompson was born in Amery, Wisconsin on July 4, 1882. The two met in Washington state where J.C. was working with horse teams and they were married in the town of Redmond in 1909. In 1914 they moved to Peace River Crossing where there first son, William Jared, was born on November 13, 1914. Shortly thereafter the family decided to move back to Washington and settled in the Wenatchee Valley. Their daughter Ethel Lougene was born on March 17, 1917. Lura Thompson's brother Bill had come to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. He worked for a short time as a pilot on the Yukon River, guiding boats through Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids. After that he moved to Fort Selkirk and began prospecting and mining on the nearby Selwyn River. Bill Thompson invited the Wilkinsons to join him and they arrived in Fort Selkirk in 1917. Not finding much gold on the Selwyn River, the family settled at Fort Selkirk where J.C. trapped in the Winter and did odd jobs during the Summer. The Wilkinsons' second son, Byron Edwin (Eddie), was born in Fort Selkirk on March 19, 1919. In 1927, the family moved to Plateau Mountain near the MacMillan River, just below Russell Creek, where Jared continued to be a trapper. On June 14, 1940, the family left the MacMillan River for the Pelly Farm, located six miles west of Fort Selkirk along the Pelly River. There, they pursued a life of trapping, hunting, farming, and guiding until 1954 when they sold the farm and moved to Pelly Crossing, where they lived at the site of the old Pelly Roadhouse. In 1956 Ethel met Andy Porterfield, whom she was to marry a few years later. In 1957 Jared ran boats for the topographical survey crews. In 1958 the family left the Yukon to live in Edgewood, British Columbia. From 1962-1964 Jared worked as a logger and farm hand in B.C. In 1964 Jared and Eddie returned to the Yukon and to the Pelly Crossing area where they farmed, hunted, and trapped. J.C. and Lura returned to the Yukon in 1967 and settled with their sons near Pelly Crossing. Ethel remained in B.C. for the rest of her life, only returning to the Yukon for a holiday. Lura died in 1970 and J.C. died around 1976. In 1976 Jared and Edwin moved to Lansing, an abandoned settlement near the confluence of the Stewart and MacMillan Rivers. Edwin was killed by a bear at Lansing in 1977, Jared died in a car accident in Whitehorse in 1980, and Ethel died in B.C. in 1985.