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2022.11.1
100 year milepost
A handmade milepost and mock signage to commemorate the 100 years of Martha Collins life. The milepost is made of wood, with the life events of Martha Collins written on the signage using a burning technique. The wood itself was sourced from an original highway milepost from Engineer Mine.
Wood sourced from Engineer mine.
Some highlights of Marthas fascinating life:
Martha Collins was born in Brightview, Alberta to Freida and Amandus Burian, the fifth oldest and first girl of ten siblings. She arrived at Stewart Island on the Yukon River in 1936 to join her brothers who operated wood camps on the Stewart River. In 1937. Martha and brother Rudy bought the Stewart City Roadhouse from Billy Bamford, a former purser on the sternwheeler Casca. Martha did the cooking. The Roadhouse became an established stop for the British Yukon Navigation (BYN) sternwheelers on their way down to Dawson. Martha met Phillip “Phil” Collins at Stewart Island and they were married in Dawson in 1938.
In 1947, the family moved again to the old Hullenbach Roadhouse on the Klondike River and Phil ran a trapline. By this time, the family was four girls and one boy. Martha ran a short day trapline and was an excellent cook for trappers and travellers in the area.
https://www.yukonwhoiswho.ca/doku.php?id=c:m_collins
Martha Collins was born in Brightview, Alberta to Freida and Amandus Burian, the fifth oldest and first girl of ten siblings. She arrived at Stewart Island on the Yukon River in 1936 to join her brothers who operated wood camps on the Stewart River. In 1937. Martha and brother Rudy bought the Stewart City Roadhouse from Billy Bamford, a former purser on the sternwheeler Casca. Martha did the cooking. The Roadhouse became an established stop for the British Yukon Navigation (BYN) sternwheelers on their way down to Dawson. Martha met Phillip “Phil” Collins at Stewart Island and they were married in Dawson in 1938.
In 1947, the family moved again to the old Hullenbach Roadhouse on the Klondike River and Phil ran a trapline. By this time, the family was four girls and one boy. Martha ran a short day trapline and was an excellent cook for trappers and travellers in the area.
https://www.yukonwhoiswho.ca/doku.php?id=c:m_collins