1. Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, two men who organized one of the earliest expeditions of the Klondike Gold Rush. Stanley described the scene this way: “Thousands or people in the public square watched the weather-beaten and hardy adventurers stagger into the express office with sacks of gold, gold in blankets, in oil cans and even in moccasins. He was awaked by his partner, Bond, who in a mysterious voice told me to “hurry up, dress and come.” “Come where,” said I. “Don’t say a word but come,” said he. “How far?” No answer. “Take any grub?” No answer. So I gave it up and came. Slipping a change of socks and moccasins into my knapsack, together with some hard tack, and belting on my hand ax we started in pitch darkness. We reached Tammany