WEST MAHWAH ALL ABOARD FOR SOUTH AMERICA 21 September 1933. Original photo from the archives of S.P.H.S.© |
DORJUN, hopping on board the WEST MAHWAH with Amos Burg, dated Sept. 1933. Original photo from the archives of the S.P.H.S.© |
DORJUN has her own website if you'd like to read about her later life owned by the Bruce Garman family in the San Juan Islands, as well as her restoration in Port Townsend, WA., click here.
26-ft DORJUN, Stormbound in Tierra del Fuego, with Amos Burg. Original photo from the archives of the S.P.H.S.© |
L-R: Amos Burg and seaman Fred "Spokane" Hill 1926. photo by Pacific-Atlantic Photos, Inc. from the archives of S.P.H.S.© |
From this point Burg became a sought after speaker in Portland and soon after, on the national circuit, before he headed off to explore South America, from the port town of Magellanes, Chile (present day Punta Arenas.) Amos was solo until, through the aid of the captain of the southbound steamship, introduced to a young crew member, Roy Pepper (1914-2005.) Pepper described himself as "1st Mate, Steward, Chief Cook, Sailor, Bosun, 2nd Engineer, most everything else. Amos was impressed that Pepper could bake biscuits without an oven and cut his hair with a jack knife; the voyage on the WEST MAHWAH was Pepper's first time at sea."
Please feel free to comment if you would like to add to the story of DORJUN in the San Juan Archipelago. National Geographic has South America covered.
Read about the exploits and career of Amos Burg, see The Last Voyageur: Amos Burg and the Rivers of the West by Vince Welsh, Portland, OR. (2011)
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