Several decades ago, the city clerk of Skagway went to the Gold Rush Cemetery and wrote down the names on the headboards that were still visible. Some were names of folks not recorded in the death records or on any other list or census. John Holland is one of those. We only know that he was born in December of 1849 and died on April 18, 1899 in Skagway and is buried in plot number 75. My notation for this is just “Lorene’s list” for the lists that Lorene Gordon gave me when I started this project.
So who was John Holland? Perhaps he fled the lower 48 to avoid being confused with this John Holland who invented the submarine, seen above in his fantastic creation in 1898.
“Lorene’s list”
Hmmm? There was a Denver policeman named John Holland (Alias Soapy Smith, page 52). What are the odds.
Jeff, I need to check that out!Wow, it must be the same guy, lets check the date of when he was here…Thanks! You are so cool!