1. Belinda Mulrooney was an entrepreneur and purportedly the "richest woman in the Klondike".
10 Facts About Belinda Mulrooney
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Belinda Mulrooney made one fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush, lost it, and amassed a second, which lasted most of the rest of her life.
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Belinda Mulrooney set out on her own and operated a sandwich stand during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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Belinda Mulrooney built a restaurant in Dawson, next a roadhouse called The Magnet, and then the Grand Forks Hotel and restaurant, near the gold fields.
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Belinda Mulrooney sold the hotel for $24,000 and set about building the finest hotel in Dawson.
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Belinda Mulrooney once partnered with fellow Klondike legend Alex McDonald to salvage the cargo from a small ship wrecked on a sand bar.
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On 1 October 1900, Belinda Mulrooney married self-styled "Count" Charles Eugene Carbonneau, who claimed to be a French aristocrat, but was actually a champagne salesman and former barber from Quebec.
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Belinda Mulrooney established the Dome City Bank in Fairbanks with her younger sister Margaret.
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Belinda Mulrooney supported her family until her money ran out.
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Belinda Mulrooney then moved to Seattle, where she died in 1967.