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Gold Rush Gateway: Skagway and Dyea Alaska
Situated at the head of Lynn Canal are two sites of much importance to the history of the Kondike Gold Rush, one of the greatest adventures North America has known. At the mounth of the Taiya River is the abandoned site of Dyea, once the gateway to the Chilkoot Trail and the water route to the interior of the Yukon. Four miles to the southeast of Dyea, at the mouth of the Skagway River, lies the other major gateway to the goldfields by way of the White Pass Trail�Skagway.
The early history of these two towns in interrelated but today they are vastly different. Dyea has gone the way of the gold rush towns of the late 2800s and early 1900s�it has crumbled to the dust from which it sprang in 1897. Skagway has fared better, and along with Dawson City and a few other remains, it represents the last vestiges of the gold rush.
The early history of these two towns in interrelated but today they are vastly different. Dyea has gone the way of the gold rush towns of the late 2800s and early 1900s�it has crumbled to the dust from which it sprang in 1897. Skagway has fared better, and along with Dawson City and a few other remains, it represents the last vestiges of the gold rush.
136 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1986
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July 23, 2019
This is an excellent collection of historical photographs of Skagway, the way it used to be when it was the gateway to the Klondike gold rush. The accompanying narrative is also good. Not too much; just enough.
Cohen writes that the “most prolific photographer [Eric Higg, from Bellingham, Washington] “documented every aspect of the Klondike Gold Rush from Seattle north….Years later, part of his remarkable northern collection [also from Nome] was saved from destruction…and preserved for future generations.” Photos from other photographers are also included in this book. The pictures document the incredible fortitude of those who lived and worked in Skagway and the Yukon. It’s still a tough country and the pictures in this book take the viewer back another 120 years. It’s a great thing that these pictures were preserved and pulled together for this nicely done historical project.
Cohen writes that the “most prolific photographer [Eric Higg, from Bellingham, Washington] “documented every aspect of the Klondike Gold Rush from Seattle north….Years later, part of his remarkable northern collection [also from Nome] was saved from destruction…and preserved for future generations.” Photos from other photographers are also included in this book. The pictures document the incredible fortitude of those who lived and worked in Skagway and the Yukon. It’s still a tough country and the pictures in this book take the viewer back another 120 years. It’s a great thing that these pictures were preserved and pulled together for this nicely done historical project.
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