I'm bemused by the dates in Dermot Cole's column: Apparently Fred Trump was in Circle in January 1898 but in April of the same year he was on a boat out of Seattle headed for Alaska. So he made it from Circle to Seattle in the interim?
Otherwise he sounds like an interesting guy. He had a true Alaskan experience. He prepared for finding gold, bought and sold property, made a living out of a whorehouse. What's not to like?