page_title: Mary Evelyn Hitchcock
section_title: Two women in the Klondike
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Evelyn Hitchcock / Two women in the Klondike
caption_attribution_description: English: "Two Women in the Klondike: The Story of a Journey to the Gold-fields of Alaska" (1899), By Mary Evelyn Hitchcock
context_page_description: Mary Evelyn Hitchcock was an American author and explorer. She was part of the Floradora Company in the early 20th century, and also worked from the New York World as a reporter.
context_section_description: Two women in the Klondike: the story of a journey to the gold-fields of Alaska (New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899) describes the adventures of Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, a grandniece of President Van Buren, during a perilous and eventful journey taken in the summer of 1898. Owing to the waters of the Yukon River being low, the two women were delayed for some time at Dawson City where they located miner's claims and lived as squatters. Besides the interesting incidents of travel included, the book included graphic descriptions of the Klondike region, and accounts of local customs and superstitions, as well as mining methods. She died April 6, 1920 and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts.
caption: Two Women in the Klondike (1899 cover)
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