Hudson Stuck was born in Paddington, England back in 1865 to James and Jane. He attended King’s College in London. In 1885, he immigrated to Texas working as a cowboy near San Angelo and San Marcos. In 1889, he enrolled at the University of South Tennessee in Sewanee.
By 1892, after completing his studies, he served as pastor in Cuero, Texas. In 1894, he moved to Dallas as the pastor of St. Matthew’s Cathedral. He founded a night school for millworker, a home for indigent women and in 1903, he gained passage in Texas of the first state law against child labor.
In 1904, he moved to Alaska travelling by dogsled and boat preaching with Missionary Bishop Peter Rowe. He established the first church, mission and hospital in Fairbanks. On a yearly basis, he travelled between 1,550-2,000 miles via dogsled visiting missions and villages preaching. He died in Fort Yukon of pneumonia in 1920.
What you may not know about Hudson is that in his spare time he co-led the first successful expedition and climbed Mount McKinley in June of 1913. He also wrote about the climb, publishing five books about the adventure. Until tomorrow keep that smile from ear to ear, pass it on
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