John Healy (entrepreneur)

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John Healy was an American entrepreneur in the late 19th century. Originally from Montana, he and Alfred B. Hamilton established a whiskey trading post near present-day Lethbridge, Alberta in 1869. The post was originally named after Hamilton, but was later renamed to Fort Whoop-Up.

After they sold the fort to Dave Akers in 1876, Healy moved to the Yukon to operate a transportation company during the Klondike Gold Rush. He was also a sheriff and newspaper editor.^[1]

Healy died in 1908, and was buried in Seattle, Washington.

References

↑ Dempsey, Hugh A. (1957). The Early West. Edmonton: Historical Society of Alberta. p. 32.

Bibliography

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