Papers belonging to John Bulger, who took part in the Klondike gold rush, and his family in Iowa.

John Bulger, his wife Olive, and their children Winifred, Vallie (died 1966), Mabel (born 1882), Gladys, and Donald Bulger, lived primarily in Clinton, Iowa before moving apart. While John Bulger traveled throughout the Yukon Territory to work as a miner during the Klondike Gold Rush, his family remained behind in the United States. At several instances during his journey, John Bulger earned wages by working for companies such as the Seattle Lumber Company and the North American Trade and Transportation Company in Nome, Alaska. He died in Los Angeles in 1942.

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