John M. Vanderbilt may be buried in the Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka Alaska, even though his name is on this marker.
Captain John M. Vanderbilt played a crucial role in the establishment of the Northwest Trading Company and was one of the early American settlers in Southeast Alaska following Seward's 1867 purchase.
Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island, New York, May 1, 1848, moving westward to Portland, Oregon, in 1872 at age 24. His initial employment in Oregon brought him into contact with Paul Schulze's burgeoning transportation operations, soon to become the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Vanderbilt's first trip to Alaska was as purser aboard a mail steamer in 1874. Eventually he settled in Wrangell, Alaska in 1878. In 1880, Schulze recalls Vanderbilt to Oregon to assist with organizing his Northwest Trading Company operations.
In 1880 he took command of the boat "Favorite" to supply the NW Trading Co. but was soon carrying men and supplies for the gold rush, the first in the state. He set up Juneau's first store on a barge he had towed to the site and staked three claims for homesteads on Douglas Island.
By early November of 1881, Vanderbilt has left the scurrying voyages of the Favorite and is settled in Sitka "enjoying life with my family". He had a large store there and NWTC was 'engaged in photographing this section of Alaska for the purposes of enlightening the ignorant people of the
outside'.
At some point during 1882, Vanderbilt has moved back to Killisnoo but his wife and children moved back to New York, apparently in need of more creature comforts that could not be obtained at the remote Killisnoo location. By Oct. 1885 his family has returned to Killisnoo then to Sitka, purchasing the NWT store, He remained there til his death at the age of 42 years old.
Captain John M. Vanderbilt played a crucial role in the establishment of the Northwest Trading Company and was one of the early American settlers in Southeast Alaska following Seward's 1867 purchase.
Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island, New York, May 1, 1848, moving westward to Portland, Oregon, in 1872 at age 24. His initial employment in Oregon brought him into contact with Paul Schulze's burgeoning transportation operations, soon to become the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Vanderbilt's first trip to Alaska was as purser aboard a mail steamer in 1874. Eventually he settled in Wrangell, Alaska in 1878. In 1880, Schulze recalls Vanderbilt to Oregon to assist with organizing his Northwest Trading Company operations.
In 1880 he took command of the boat "Favorite" to supply the NW Trading Co. but was soon carrying men and supplies for the gold rush, the first in the state. He set up Juneau's first store on a barge he had towed to the site and staked three claims for homesteads on Douglas Island.
By early November of 1881, Vanderbilt has left the scurrying voyages of the Favorite and is settled in Sitka "enjoying life with my family". He had a large store there and NWTC was 'engaged in photographing this section of Alaska for the purposes of enlightening the ignorant people of the
outside'.
At some point during 1882, Vanderbilt has moved back to Killisnoo but his wife and children moved back to New York, apparently in need of more creature comforts that could not be obtained at the remote Killisnoo location. By Oct. 1885 his family has returned to Killisnoo then to Sitka, purchasing the NWT store, He remained there til his death at the age of 42 years old.
John M. Vanderbilt may be buried in the Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka Alaska, even though his name is on this marker.
Captain John M. Vanderbilt played a crucial role in the establishment of the Northwest Trading Company and was one of the early American settlers in Southeast Alaska following Seward's 1867 purchase.
Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island, New York, May 1, 1848, moving westward to Portland, Oregon, in 1872 at age 24. His initial employment in Oregon brought him into contact with Paul Schulze's burgeoning transportation operations, soon to become the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Vanderbilt's first trip to Alaska was as purser aboard a mail steamer in 1874. Eventually he settled in Wrangell, Alaska in 1878. In 1880, Schulze recalls Vanderbilt to Oregon to assist with organizing his Northwest Trading Company operations.
In 1880 he took command of the boat "Favorite" to supply the NW Trading Co. but was soon carrying men and supplies for the gold rush, the first in the state. He set up Juneau's first store on a barge he had towed to the site and staked three claims for homesteads on Douglas Island.
By early November of 1881, Vanderbilt has left the scurrying voyages of the Favorite and is settled in Sitka "enjoying life with my family". He had a large store there and NWTC was 'engaged in photographing this section of Alaska for the purposes of enlightening the ignorant people of the
outside'.
At some point during 1882, Vanderbilt has moved back to Killisnoo but his wife and children moved back to New York, apparently in need of more creature comforts that could not be obtained at the remote Killisnoo location. By Oct. 1885 his family has returned to Killisnoo then to Sitka, purchasing the NWT store, He remained there til his death at the age of 42 years old.
Captain John M. Vanderbilt played a crucial role in the establishment of the Northwest Trading Company and was one of the early American settlers in Southeast Alaska following Seward's 1867 purchase.
Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island, New York, May 1, 1848, moving westward to Portland, Oregon, in 1872 at age 24. His initial employment in Oregon brought him into contact with Paul Schulze's burgeoning transportation operations, soon to become the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Vanderbilt's first trip to Alaska was as purser aboard a mail steamer in 1874. Eventually he settled in Wrangell, Alaska in 1878. In 1880, Schulze recalls Vanderbilt to Oregon to assist with organizing his Northwest Trading Company operations.
In 1880 he took command of the boat "Favorite" to supply the NW Trading Co. but was soon carrying men and supplies for the gold rush, the first in the state. He set up Juneau's first store on a barge he had towed to the site and staked three claims for homesteads on Douglas Island.
By early November of 1881, Vanderbilt has left the scurrying voyages of the Favorite and is settled in Sitka "enjoying life with my family". He had a large store there and NWTC was 'engaged in photographing this section of Alaska for the purposes of enlightening the ignorant people of the
outside'.
At some point during 1882, Vanderbilt has moved back to Killisnoo but his wife and children moved back to New York, apparently in need of more creature comforts that could not be obtained at the remote Killisnoo location. By Oct. 1885 his family has returned to Killisnoo then to Sitka, purchasing the NWT store, He remained there til his death at the age of 42 years old.
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