The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1896-10-02
QUEEN Or ALASKA.
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Woman i'm the Icy North.


Woman In the Icy North.
A queen has been visiting Seattle for
several days past and few persons have
been aware OF the fact. Not real
crowned queen. ruler of nations or 0ne
who has q court filed with brilliantly
dressed subjects. but the woman who
has sprung into local fame as "the
Queen of Alaska" She is Hrs. Aylward,
OF Napoleon gulch, SIS miles from Forty
mile creek, a tributary of the Yukon.
While the career of this woman is not
as remarkable as that of many another
noted person, still the fact remains
that four years ago she was a servant,
and now she is lady whose wealth
would place her among the higher
classes if she so desired In brief her
history is as follows:
Soon after the great Seattle fire of
1889 Miss Bridget Manion cook at
the Yesler residence, on James street,
between Third and Fourth avenues. In
the course of events she went with Capt.
Healy and his family to Forty-mile
creek, where she is now in charge of the
trading post. That was four years age
last July. She was only the housekeep-
er, but with Mrs. Healy was the first
woman to so into that frozen country
There We're plenty of men there whe
had not seen a white woman for long
time, and, as she was single, her hand
was sought by them in marriage. Not
being of the marriageable nature just
then. She kept on working at very good
wages. accumulating small fortune.
After Miss Manion had heen at Forty
mile fora yearand nine months, Mr.. Ayl
ward was successful in gaining for
wife the first lady of the land. At the
time he had located several claims
which were paying well. Together
they worked the claims, which was not
very hard, DIS the gold was picked up in
nuggets. 1t was at about this time she
won the name of queen" Prospeetors
were entering the country, and at times
We're very short of supplies, and during
the months when work was out of the
question they always found a welcome
at Napoleon gufch. Many a man owes
Mrs. Awkward a debt of gratitude for
having cheered his darkest hours.
Last May she left the little home in
the gold region and started for the coast.
During the week of August 10 she
reached San Francisco. OF course her
clothes We're not of the latest fashion,
and i'm company with friend she was
fitted out. While there many of the
ladies of the city, whose husbands had
gone north in search of gold and to
whom she had been a friend in the hour
of need, Oailed on her and expressed
their thanks. Since then she has visited
Tacoma, and is now in Seattle, the guest
of old friends.
After visiting friends in this city Mrs
Aylward will leave for Boston, to spend
month or more in that city, and then
will cross the Atlantic to old Ireland
where her mother now lives in the town
of Galway. Returning from there, she
will again leave for her northern home,
there TO remain with her husband for
several years, when they will have ac-
quired an Independent fortune, and
then they will seek the more civilized
world. Mrs. Awkward has with her many
nuggets which she has individually
picked up on the claims. She has
necklace. made of nuggets, which she
wears around her neck, and also valua-
BILE bracelet. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.