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9780973268348

The Skagway Story: A History of Alaska's most Famous Gold-Rush Town and Some of the People Who Made that History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780973268348

  • ISBN10:

    0973268344

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-11-01
  • Publisher: Wolf Creek Books

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Summary

Skagways' past as a rip-roaring gold rush town is captured inThe Skagway Story. This intriguing little book is just like a scrapbook, filled with photographs from dusty trunks in attics, recollections from pioneers who were there, and memorabilia of long-buried local residents. Learn about the glory days of Skagway, known as the Gateway to the Klondike--the discovery of the Klondike goldfields in 1896, the ordeal of the stampeders trudging over the grueling Chilkoot Pass in the winter of 1897, the 1898 shootout between con man Soapy Smith and city official Frank Reid, the completion of the narrow-guage White Pass & Yukon Route railroad in 1900, and other milestones in the history of the North's most famous bonanza.

Table of Contents

SKAGWAY'S FIRST SETTLER 1(9)
THE RUSH BEGINS 10(4)
SOAPY SMITH COMES AND GOES 14(12)
THE MILITARY RESTORES ORDER 26(4)
CHURCHMEN ENTER THE PICTURE 30(6)
THE POSTAL SERVICE 36(5)
AND THE NEWSPAPERS 41(5)
ENTERTAINMENT: GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT 46(3)
KIRMSE'S JEWELRY 49(5)
AND WOMEN ARRIVE 54(9)
BUILDERS, RESTAURANTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS 63(10)
A CLEAN START 73(10)
THE MONEY LENDER 83(1)
THE MOLLIE WALSH STORY 84(8)
A COLORFUL CHARACTER 92(4)
ONE WOMAN'S FAMILY 96(4)
LANDMARK BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED 100(4)
PEOPLE MUST EAT 104(2)
TRANSPORTATION, A PROBLEM DEMANDING SOLUTION 106(7)
THE WHITE PASS RAILROAD 113(16)
MORE RAILROAD WORKERS 129(3)
THERE ARE THOSE WHO NEVER GAVE UP 132(4)
METROPOLIS OF THE NORTH 136(3)
AN ATTEMPTED HOLDUP 139(3)
KERN'S CASTLE 142(3)
ANOTHER MEMORABLE FOURTH 145(4)
IN THE LORD'S WORK 149(5)
AN EARLY DAY CONVENTION 154(3)
AND TEMPERANCE ARRIVES 157(4)
SKAGWAY COMES A LONG WAY 161(5)
A NATIONAL PARK 166(2)
THE CARCROSS CONNECTION 168

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