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Emma Leach

Tape #H78-37-01

Mrs. Emma Leach was a nurse working at the hospital in Fort Yukon when she met and married her husband, Frank Leach. Together they built a homestead that became the Arctic Circle Hot Springs Resort. At a tea party hosted by Ruth Olson and attended by several other ladies from Central, Mrs. Leach spoke of her long years of labor to make the Hot Springs a wonderful place to visit. Mike Dalton conducted the recording at this informal gathering.


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Emma Leach speaks with Mike Dalton about...

1) Beginning of Circle Hot Springs resort.
roadhouse\ Hotel\ Central\ Circle Hot Springs - discovery\ Leach, Mr.\ Miller House\ Berry Dredge\ Leach, Mr. - jobs\ spruce boughs\ scurvy\ making a garden|

2) Beginning of Circle Hot Springs resort continued.
making a garden\ horse\ work - time consuming\ Leach, Mr.\ homestead\ airfield\ airplane\ Wien, Noel\ horses - pulling airplane|

3) Circle Hot Springs found.
Wien, Noel\ gold miner\ moose hunt\ pool\ mud bath\ gold miners\ cabin|

4) Furniture for the Hotel.
tents\ cabins\ furniture - handmade\ Leach, Mr.\ Berdahl, Johnny\ Choates\ cows\ milk\ Brown, Ed\ wage earning|

5) Circle Hot Springs garden.
Circle Hot Springs - guest\ Harrington, Mrs.\ Brown, Ed\ bet\ root cellar\ vegetables\ organic farming\ root cellar - keeping warm\ root cellar - storage|

6) Circle Hot Springs garden continued.
Rust, Mrs.\ Sharp, Betsy - daughter\ Cheryl\Dalton, Mike - daughter\ Libby\ Dalton, Mike - husband\ Circle Hot Springs - pool\ vegetables\ Circle Hot Springs - garden well known\ Circle Hot Springs - visitors\ carrots|

7) Building the Hotel at Circle Hot Springs.
building hotel\ interior hotel\ Bowers, Billy\ carpenters\ Boulder Creek\ lumber\ Medicine Lake\ Jewell, Wilbur\ lumber mill\ Fairbanks|

8) Sam White and his wife.
sawmills\ Jump Off\ Saw pit Creek\ wage earning\ waiting on people\ nurse\ Fort Yukon\ hospital - Hudson Stuck\ White, Sam - wife\ dog team|

9) Emma Leach and her nursing in Fort Yukon.
Callahan, Helen\ steamboats\ camping\ blankets\ Rasmussen, Rose\ Granderson, Nelly\ Leach, Mr.|

10) Running Circle Hot Springs.
cabins - heated with hot water\ cabin - wood cook stove\ Circle Hot Springs - change hands\ Olson, Ruth - daughter\ Olson - cabin fire\ Olson, Ruth - figures time by her children's birth\ Cacy, Bob\ Berdahl, Johnny\ Leach, Mr. - death|

11) Activities at Circle Hot Springs.
Rust, Mrs.\ Ames, Charlotte\ Ames, Charlotte - jobs at Circle Hot Springs\ dance\ Warner, Cookie\ midnight lunch\ cost\ Stegar, Mrs.\ Circle Hot Springs - health\ Circle Hot Springs - happy place|

12) Activities at Circle Hot Springs continued.
cabins - yearly\ dance - Saturday night\ gathering place\ Leach, Mr.\ hospitality - greeting\ hunting\ miners\ garden\ Circle Hot Springs - winter|

13) Activities at Circle Hot Springs continued.
Leach, Mr.\ hospitality - children\ horses|

14) Many voices talking at tea party
springs - health\ moose - hunting\ Medicine Lake\Leach, Mr.\ Natives - own land at Medicine Lake\ Moses, William\ Roberts, Sandy\ Crow, Lucy\ Moses, Sarah\ cabin|

15) Many voices at a tea party continued.
cabin - Medicine Lake\ swamp\ Munson - landed\ Brown, Ed - Ford\ Shoe Pacs|

16) Running Circle Hot Springs.
caribou\ moose\ hunting - season\ ice tunnel\ making ice\ Rampart\ storing meat|

17) Running Circle Hot Springs continued.
cows\ making butter\ work - amount\ Ames, Charlotte\ workers - amount of people\ Walmer, Dorey\ working - room and board\ McClarity, Herb\ Blinsler, Earl\ barber|

18) Old timers from Circle Hot Springs.
Walmer, Dorey\ Ketchem Creek\ Engstrom Brothers\ Hart, Billy\ Engstrom Brothers - nephew\ Ralph\ Pioneers Home|

19) Ending
St. Pierra, Emily\ Wasilla\ magazines - reading\ Rust, Mrs.\ News miner\ Wickersham, Judge\ Olson, Mr.\ Leach. Mrs.\ Ames, Charlotte\ Olson, Mrs.\ Hall, Dixie\ Rust, Mrs.\ Dalton, Mike|

20) Mike Dalton talks about Mrs. Leach.
Leach, Mrs.\ recluse\ Ames, Charlotte\ Olson, Ruth\ hospitality - tea party|


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