Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-02-10
Former Baraboo Resident Tells of
journey Into the Far North In
Minneapolis Magazine
FINDS FOUR GROUPS
OF NATIVES THERE
So Near Asia at Cape Prince of
Wales, Siberia Could Be Seen on
a Clear Day

This office has received copy of
the Munsingwear News, Minneapolis,
which contains an illustrated article
on Alaska by Mrs. Edith SchusS.er,
2'z! bloomington avenue, :he above
city. Mrs. Schussler was formerly a
resident of Baraboo, her father being
Den . M0reaux.
Her grandfather was Andrew La
Moreaux, who was a contractor and
builder, being resident of Baraboo
| for about forty years. His home was
on Eighth avenue, near the home of
G. w Burdick, and the house still
stands. Mrs. Schussler's mother was
! Elizabeth Hirschinger. daughter Of
Michael Hirschinger, who marched
with Napoleon to Moscow and who is
buried in Rock Hill cemetery, south
west of Baraboo. Charles Hirschinger
of Baraboo is son.
Some months ago Mrs. La Moreaux
visited at the homes of Charles Hir-
schinger, E. H. Roser, Mrs. CrandalI
Train and others.
In her article on Alaska, Mrs. Schus-
sler, among other things says:
The Alaska I know and love lies
from Nome and st. Michaels north
ward to beyond the arctic circle and
is of course in the frigid zone. This
mysterious land became a reality to
me when l made journey of thirty
seven days to Candle, Alaska, a gold
mining camp on the Keewalik river.
left Seattle on the s. S. Victoria
an interesting boat. She was the first
craft to cross the Atlantic in seven
days, and was also the one in which
Pres. Grant made his trip around
the world. In the early part of the
century she was overhauled, re-christ-
ened Ito the name Victoria) and put
into Alaskan service. Her captain,
John O'Brien is typical old sea-dog.
having followed his calling for moro
than fifty years. He has sailed from
nearly every port in the world. l was
told that O'Brien is the captain in
Rex Beach's story, "The Iron Trail"
The picture of him in the story is
certainly true to life. He is loved by
every man, woman and child who ever
made the trip north with him.
First Day Beautiful
To return to the voyage The first
day out was beautifully bright and
the sea was as calm as an island lake.
The day was spent in making new ac-
quantance and renewing old ones.
Among the passengers was a gentle
man from Kansas City, who had ne
yer been aboard an ocean liner before.
He sang joyously and Dragged about
being such fine sailor. "Pride goeth
before a fall" The following day we
| headed into a storm which lasted
! four days, during which time we lost
sailor overheard.
On the fifth day I yentured out to
/ the salon. In passing an open state
room door, I saw a wild-eyed man in
whom at first sight I scarcely recog.
nized my happy fellow passenger Of
the first day out
The same evening the storm again
arose end continued unabated until the
evening Of the eleventh day, when we
anchored in the roadstead at Nome,
three miles from shore. We waited
| here for a launch to come and take
| us to the caisson about Il mile from
shore, We waited here from --.sfiw
shore from there to be landed, then
taken by cable 200 feet above the sea
wharf Nome has no harbor). PGssen-
gers are all landed in this way
| Taken Ashore in Launch
Four hours after we anchored the
launch came but by that time the
waves were very high: another storm
was rising. The stairway had been
thrown out when the launch came
alongside and several passengers had
descended when Captain O'Brien ap.
peared and commanded that the wo-
men remain on board. was just
about to step into the small boat but
/ had to return to the ship. Six men
/ and three women whose homes were
in Nome then pulled away and were
soon lost to sight
The captain then gave orders to
pull out to sea eleven miles as the
storm was growing. Here NE tossed
at anchor for five days. During the
i first night and the following day word
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