Roster of Charter Members of Local Igloo Pioneers

Wrangell Sentinel August 11, 1921

When the Wrangell Igloo of Pioneers was organized here in March, it was stated that a complete list of the charger members of the organization would be published later. This list was received during the week. It contains 54 names of men who came to Alaska at least 20 years ago.  The three members who have been residents of the Territory the longest are E. P. Lynch who came here in 1874, Wm. G. Thomas who arrived in 1877 and Joseph Lorberter who chose Alaska for his home in 1879.  The complete list of charter members with the time of their arrival in Alaska is as follows:

Alfred Ahrenstedt

July, 1897

John L. Anderson

1895

F.E. Bronson

July 1, 1900

Charles H. Bryant

August 17, 1900

Peter Beudre

Jan. 15, 1898

Fred Bevier

1889

George H. Barnes

Oct. 25, 1886

George E. Barnes

July 9, 1892

S.C. Barrington

1896

Harry P. Corser

May 29, 1899

Thomas J. Case

June 25, 1883

H.D. Campbell

May 8, 1898

C.M. Coulter

Aug. 1898

Harry R. Coulter

June 1900

Walter F. Coulter

June 1900

L.M. Churchill

April 12, 1887

Sam Cunningham

March 17, 1901

Walter Campen

1901

George Cowan

Sept. 9, 1897

E.M. Campen

Oct. 1899

Henry Dannenberg

June 1900

John G. Grant

Jan. 22, 1898

Frank E. Gingrass

Aug. 10, 1896

Edwin Hofstad

Apr. 20, 1890

Thor Hofstad

Mar. 18, 1897

S.N. Harvee

Mar. 3, 1898

Ole Hansen

Mar. 17, 1898

A.J. Kalkins

Apr. 1900

E.P. Lynch

Feb. 10, 1874

C.J. Leeds

June 1900

Wm. E. Lloyd

Feb. 1, 1898

Joseph Lorberter

May 20, 1898

Albert Lee

Oct. 1897

Patrick Loftus

July 11, 887

F.B. Leonard

Mar. 21, 1898

Elmer Lee

Feb. 1897

E.H. Lyons

Feb. 1898

Peter McGregor

1889

Charles Nelson

April 1898

John Olsen

July 15, 1889

Morten F. Hofstad

1893

Fred J. Dean

Mar. 20, 1889

M. McKinney

July 1900

Donald Sinclair

July 2, 1894

A.W. Sinclair

June 22, 1898

John W. Stedmen

Mar. 15, 1898

Louis Schott

Apr. 12, 1887

Wm. M. Taylor

July 5, 1888

Wm. G. Thomas

Mar. 10, 1877

Alex Vreatt

1896

J.E. Worden

July 8, 1898

Chris Wedo

1901

W.C. Waters

Feb. 1898