Harry was the son of Reuben William & Hattie (Watson) Robinson and he grew up on a family farm in Scioto Township, Delaware County, OH. Harry is mentioned in a pamphlet once available at the Oak Grove Cemetery office: "Leader of Alaska Gold Rush Contingent." Excerpted from "Delaware County Then & Now" by Ray Buckingham: "When news reached Ostrander in 1897 that gold had been discovered in the Yukon, Harry W. Robinson organized a party of six . . . all of whom were eager to seek fame and fortune in the frigid north. The six left Ostrander on February 15, 1898 . . . . After a three-day train ride (from Chicago), they arrived in Seattle . . . then it was on to Vancouver . . . . They sailed northward on the "Centennial," an English ship of 1862 vintage. Aboard were three women, 362 men, and 85 dogs. Bad weather was encountered on this stretch and everyone, including the dogs, became deathly sick. But they did make it to Skagway by March 15th . . . . On June 12 (1898), Robinson panned the first gold from a sandbar along the Big Salmon River. From then on they were able to pan gold at nearly every sandbar, but not in paying quantities . . . . (Robinson), with a new partner, Scotsman James Drummond, worked a claim on Bonanza Creek with above-average success until September of 1901 . . . . On September 8, 1901, after three years in the Yukon Territory, Robinson left Dawson City on the steamboat, "Eldorado," and arrived at White Horse Rapids a week later . . . . Upon reaching the States, he toured California before returning to Ostrander in October of 1901. He immediately purchased half interest in his brother's (Sherwin Samuel Robinson's) undertaking and furniture business with his hard-earned Alaskan gold. One year later he was married to the young lady he had left behind (Gertrude E. Latham) . . . ." Harry & Gertrude parented three children between the years of 1905 & 1911: Jeannette Amelia Robinson (also buried at Oak Grove Cemetery), Eugene Luther Robinson (also buried at Oak Grove Cemetery), & Dorothy Louise Robinson.