Skagway
Skagway Historic District
Centennial statue
Skagway, city, southeastern Alaska, at the head of Lynn Canal; incorporated 1900. Skagway is a port, a commercial and tourist center, and a gateway to Yukon Territory. The Trail of '98 Museum, featuring pioneer and Native American artifacts, is here, and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is nearby. The community was settled in 1897-98 as a port and supply point during the Klondike gold rush. Population 768 (1980); 692 (1990); 749 (1998 estimate).
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Alaska Brotherhood building
Hotel (1987 photo)
in 2003
cigar Indian
the Red Onion
woman selling from the second story
Miss Kitty's Buttonhole
shady business
main street
or the side street
street car tours available
Skagway's huge rhubarb
former girl's school, now a museum (1987 photo)
Czech visitors
Soapy Smith
1987 photo
Mr. Smith was notorious for various swindles
to separate new arrivals from their remaining cash.
the gun duel with Mr. Reed ended his career and got him a place in the
Skagway Cemetery
Soapy Smith's grave
Mr. Reed, who died shortly after of wounds from
the gun fight,
was honored with this marker
autumn leaves
Chilkoot trail
start of the Chilkoot trail
in the Museum
what every man had to carry up the trail (2000 lbs)
so that the Yukon Mounties would deem him
self-sufficient for a year
White Pass & Yukon Route vault
where the gold from the Yukon was stored
prior to shipment by sea
More Photos of the White Pass & Yukon Route
