Louis Lepley was a gold miner in Nome, Alaska in the early 20th century. We know that prior to taking up mining he was living in Montana with his wife. He arrived in Alaska during or before 1902 and commenced on finding the stuff that dreams are made of. (See photo of the mining digs. Lepley is the third man wearing the black shirt and hat. Thanks to Eric Larsen for these great pictures.) We know that in 1909 he was taken into care at the Morningside Hospital Mental Hospital here in Portland, where he died in 1919. He is interred, along with many other Morningside Hospital patients in the far back corner of the cemetery.
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