Talk:Tex Rickard

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Early years

I'm holding a copy of The Klondike News, dated April 1, 1898. This newspaper was published in San Francisco, though it concerned activities in Dawson City, Yukon. On page 12, there is a profile of "G. L. Rickard." It says that Rickard and his family moved to Henrietta, Texas when he was 3 years old. Obviously, this presents a conflict with the existing source. It also says that he was elected town marshal of Henrietta in 1893, and that after visiting Juneau, Alaska in 1895, he resigned his marshal's position after deciding to stay, and that he left for the Yukon in early 1896.

Just wanted to throw this out. Rickard also served on the first city council of Nome, Alaska, shortly before he left Alaska for greater fame. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.229.65.163 (talk) 19:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Here's more. In 1995, the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library published an index to the earliest Polk and similar directories published for Alaska and the Yukon. For 1901 and 1902, there is a listing for G. L. Rickard, proprietor of the Northern Saloon. For 1903, there is a listing for G. L. Rickard, proprietor of Rickard, Babcock & Hall. Both businesses were located at 257 Front Street in Nome. The first two directories also list one Merle Rickard, a bartender at the Northern Saloon.RadioKAOS (talk) 00:41, 16 September 2012 (UTC)