20 Facts About Hudson Stuck

Hudson Stuck was a British native who became an Episcopal priest, social reformer and mountain climber in the United States.

Hudson Stuck published five books about his years in Alaska.

Hudson Stuck immigrated to the United States in 1885 and lived there for the rest of his life.

Hudson Stuck attended Westbourne Park Public School and King's College London.

Hudson Stuck taught in one-room schools at Copperas Creek, San Angelo, and San Marcos.

Hudson Stuck first served a congregation in Cuero, Texas for two years.

Hudson Stuck was called to St Matthew's Cathedral in Dallas in 1894.

Hudson Stuck stressed progressive goals in his sermons and regularly published articles related to his causes.

In 1904 Hudson Stuck moved to Alaska to serve with Missionary Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe.

Under the title Archdeacon of the Yukon and the Arctic, with a territory of 250,000 square miles, Hudson Stuck traveled between the scattered parishes and missions by dogsled and boat as well as foot and snowshoe.

Five hundred miles up the Koyukuk River from its confluence with the Yukon, at its junction with its tributary the Alatna River, in 1907 Hudson Stuck founded a mission he called Allakaket but others called St John's in the Woods for the several hundred Indians here.

Hudson Stuck used it on the Yukon River and tributaries to visit the Athabascans in their summer camps, where they fished and hunted.

Hudson Stuck reported that in twelve seasons' cruises, ranging from i,800 to 5,200 miles each summer, he traveled a total of up to 30,000 miles along the rivers.

Hudson Stuck wrote and published five books, memoirs of his times in Alaska, in part to reveal the exploitation of the Alaska Native peoples that he witnessed in his work.

Hudson Stuck had experience mountain climbing, including having ascended Mount Rainier in Washington state.

Hudson Stuck recruited Harry Karstens, a respected guide, to join his expedition.

Hudson Stuck's achievement was announced on June 21,1913, by The New York Times and carried nationally.

Hudson Stuck was awarded the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society in 1919.

Hudson Stuck continued to urge Alaska Native youths in their education, helping arrange scholarships and sponsors for education in the Lower 48.

Hudson Stuck worked as a priest in Alaska for the rest of his life, serving both Alaska Natives and American settlers.