Contributed by Lubec Historical Society
Description
This painting is of Prescott F. Jernegan of Edgartown Massachusetts from around 1890.
In 1897 a Baptist preacher, the Reverend Prescott F. Jernegan (1866-1942), and accomplice Charles E. Fisher (1864-?) arrived in North Lubec intent upon defrauding investors in a gold-from-seawater hoax. A whirlwind construction project completed Plant #1 and began Plant #2 during the first half of 1898 at which point the two absconded to Europe. Lubeckers still discuss this so-called "Klondike" scam. Both Jernegan and Fisher were from Edgartown, Massachusetts. Neither was ever prosecuted.
About This Item
- Title: Rev. Prescott F. Jernegan, Edgartown, ca. 1890, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Edgartown, Dukes County, MA
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 72 cm x 66 cm
- Local Code: 627 jpg
- Collection: Peggy Bailey
- Object Type: Image
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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