Talk:Erastus Brainerd

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A fact from Erastus Brainerd appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 July 2008, and was viewed approximately 0 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that journalist and art museum curator Erastus Brainerd led the publicity campaign that established Seattle's role as the gateway to the Yukon Gold Rush?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/July.

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Looks like there is quite a bit (articles by Brainerd and some notes on those articles) reachable by going to http://historylink.org/klondike/clips.cfm and searching for "Brainerd". - Jmabel | Talk 17:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC) When Th Klondike Gold Rush began, Brainerd worked to promote Seattle as "the gateway to the gold fields" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zenpenguin12 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]