June 2014 Blog Posts (2)

While doing research on George James and his adventures during the Alaskan gold rush, I came across the following on Google search.

"The first well-substantiated ascent of the Winthrop Glacier to the crater was in 1884 by three men from the town of Snohohomish: the Reverend J. Warner Fobes, George James and Richard O. Wells."

The passage came from the book:'The Challenge of Rainier: A Record of the Explorations and Ascents,…

George James (1861-1925) was the second son of George James and Sarah Montgomery. George's younger brother was William James my great grandfather.

Sometimes before 1880 George moves out of the house in Iowa and studies to become a Civil Engineer/Surveyor.

In 1885 we find…