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Title
James
Zura
Riley
Snowshoes
Subject
Geography and Natural Resources
Gold mines and mining
Snowshoes & snowshoeing
Place
Celina (Ohio)
Mercer County (Ohio)
Description
James
Zura
Riley
(1865-1954)
participated
in the
Alaska
Gold
Rush
,
1898-1900
. He
wore
these
snowshoes
while
in the
Alaska
wilderness
of the
Yukon
River
.
Riley
, the
grandson
of
Celina
founder
James
Watson
Riley
, and
fourteen
other
men
from the
Mercer
County
area
went
to
Alaska
in
1898
. They had to
take
nearly
all
of their
supplies
with them.
Eight
of the
men
stayed
for
two
years
, but the
rest
returned
to
Ohio
within
a
year
.
None
of the
men
found
enough
gold
to
make
them
rich
. The
snowshoes
measure
approximately
12
"
x
36
"
(30.48
x
91.44
cm)
.
Upon
returning
from his
Alaska
trip
,
Riley
purchased
Zay
Hardware
in
Celina
with
Byron
Griffen
as a
partner
. He
served
as
vice-president
and
director
of
Commercial
Bank
.
Riley
married
Elsie
Paul
and had
two
children
,
Lena
and
Clarence
.
Date of Original
1898
-
1900
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Mercer County Historical Museum
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om850_896987_001.tif
Image Height
1966
Image Width
1382
File Size
705.09 KB
Format
picture
;
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