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    Portus B. Weare was a wooden sternwheel steamship built in 1892 for service on the Yukon River. She played a notable role in the Klondike gold rush, being...
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    crew of builders from his shipyard, parts for the new steamer, and Portus B. Weare, an executive of the company for whom the ship was named. The ship...
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    1879. Slowly the north was opened up with the help of river steamers. Portus B. Weare worked the river after 1892. In 1897 there were 7 steamers operating...
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    91-92 (Burleigh-Moran contract), 188 (John Cudahy, Will H. Isom, Portus B. Weare), 210 (Isabelle). Campbell v. Moran Bros., 97 Fed. 477, 478 (9th Cir...
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    Morton because he was friends with Cicero resident and fur trader Portus Baxter Weare. In the high school district students living east of Ridgeland Avenue...
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  • Morton because he was friends with Cicero resident and fur trader Portus Baxter Weare. The district competes in Illinois High School Association athletics...
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