In the passing of Alex Shaver at Yukon Crossing on November 23rd, Yukon loses another of its early residents. Mr. and Mrs. Shaver and their three daughters came to the Territory in 1898.
When he first came to Yukon, along with Mike and Tony Cyr, Mr. Shaver worked on the Hepburn tramway. They also helped build what is now the Pioneer hotel. This
building was first erected at the rapids and was later moved to its present location and enlarged. It is said to be the first hotel and the first building on the present townsite of Whitehorse. Pete Ferguson, the vigorous old veteran of the north, is the present owner.
About the year 1901 the Shaver family moved to Thistle Creek, and about 1906 to the old Pelly crossing, and in 1922 to the present Pelly crossing, where they have
since made their home.
A few days before his death Mr. Shaver suffered a stroke. Mrs. Shaver was alone with him until after he passed away. As soon as word reached them, Mrs. J. H. McNeill, of Dawson, and J. Sullivan, of Mayo, left for Pelly, but they did not arrive until several days after Mr. Shaver had passed
away.
The remains were taken by the Greenfield & Pickering Royal Mail Stage to Mayo, where interment will be made. Mr. Shaver was about sixty-one years of age, and is
survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. J. H. McNeill, of Dawson; Mrs. J. Sullivan, of Mayo; and another married daughter in Oregon.
For the present Mrs. Shaver will remain at the old home, where she
will be joined by two of her grandchildren from the Sullivan family.
