Harry A. Parshall (1863 to 1948)-Collector
Harry A. Parshall was born in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania and was a contractor for most of his career – building blast furnaces and shooting oil wells. However, in 1895 adventure struck. He, along with six other men from northern Pennsylvania traveled west, searching for Alaskan gold. They ultimately landed at St. Michaels, a town located 125 miles southeast of Nome, and staked claim. Parshall was chosen to winter with the claim. After a long season, his fellow prospectors returned and he was there three years before returning to Pennsylvania.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inch., March 2007