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National parks: 0004.014.0128_lake_bennett_tents_boats - public domain...
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Across the river from Dawson - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
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Looking N-W from Co.'s Wharf - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Whiting Collection, Subseries 1, File 2. Klondike Gold Rush NHP Museum Collection.
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Moore Cabin (left) and J. Bernard Moore House In 1887, Captain William Moore and his son Bernard (Ban) began construction of a log cabin and wharf at Skagway Bay and named their site "Moorsville." They cleared... More
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Moore Cabin (left) and J. Bernard Moore House In 1887, Captain William Moore and his son Bernard (Ban) began construction of a log cabin and wharf at Skagway Bay and named their site "Moorsville." They cleared... More
First Log Cabin in Skagway - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Visitors join a ranger on a walking tour which ends at the Moore Cabin which was the first log cabin built in the Skagway valley in 1887.
Alaska free images - Moore Homestead
Captain William Moore Cabin In addition to the cabin, expansions in and around the historic property included a wharf, a sawmill, a pack trail, and a business office. In 1895, Ben Moore began acting as a guide... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Pullen Barn ruins Beginning around 1895, Robert Wright kept stock on this property, including cattle, horses, chickens, and several trail dogs. It became part of the Emil Klatt homestead in 1903, and part of t... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Finnegan's Point tent pads A small number of settlements sprang up quickly on the trail to serve Stampeders and packers. Aside from Dyea, each of these were nonexistent or only seasonal before 1897. Finnegan... More
Chilkoot Trail - National Parks Gallery
Drainage Feature on Saintly Hill With the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98, as many as 25-30,000 Stampeders crossed into the Yukon by way of the Chilkoot corridor. At first, the trail was little more than a cr... More
Drainage Feature on Saintly Hill
With the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98, as many as 25-30,000 Stampeders crossed into the Yukon by way of the Chilkoot corridor. At first, the trail was little more than a crude footpath along the Taiya River... More
Finnegan's Point Tent Pads - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
A small number of settlements sprang up quickly on the trail to serve Stampeders and packers. Aside from Dyea, each of these were nonexistent or only seasonal before 1897. Finnegan's Point, a small resting p... More
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska In March 1897, George Brackett opened up a toll road, much to the protest of packers who had been using the improved road bed free of charge.
Bridge over the Taiya River - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
The rugged trail was improved with bridges and sections of corduroy road in 1897, when the Gold Stampede brought tens of thousands of prospectors to the region. Entrepreneurs recouped their development efforts ... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Canyon City Historic Town Site A settlement was established at Canyon City in 1897-98 with the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. A few scattered tents grew into a prosperous village, with 25 businesses and 1,5... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Bridge over the Taiya River The rugged trail was improved with bridges and sections of corduroy road in 1897, when the Gold Stampede brought tens of thousands of prospectors to the region. Entrepreneurs recoup... More
Skagway Waterfront Photo Overlay
Southwest view of Harding Glacier from Skagway. Digital overlay of the c. 1897 Skagway Waterfront photo by Lloyd V. Winter and Edwin P. Pond on the August 14, 2013 photo by Ronald D. Karpilo, Jr. and Sarah C. V... More
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Finnegan's Point, first camp north of Dyea. Finnegan's Point, located about five miles north of the Dyea townsite, was the first campsite that served Stampeders and packers. By April 1898, Pat Finnegan constr... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
False Front A 1987 NPS Historic Structures Report identified eleven structural properties of historic significance, including this False Front. The single-story, gabled building served as A.M. Gregg's real est... More
B.P.O.E of Skagway 1898 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
First social session of the B.P.O.E. (Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks), Skagway, Alaska, ca 1898.
First social session of the B.P.O.E., Klondike Gold Rush National Hist...
The first social session of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks (B.P.O.E.), Skagway, Alaska.
The grand re-opening of the Mascot Sal
Celebrating the grand re-opening of the newly renovated Mascot Saloon. Up front and center is Albert Reinert, proud owner of Skagway’s longest-lived saloon (1898-1916). The Mascot has been restored to this time... More
Alaska free images - Slide Cemetery
On Palm Sunday of 1898 an avalanche killed many gold seekers heading to the Klondike. The slide cemetery commemorates this event.
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Dyea Long Wharf pilings The wharf pilings consist of twelve-inch round logs, spaced in groups of three and separated by a fifteen-foot gap. They rose sixty feet above the sea floor in deep water, and stood thi... More
The Mascot Saloon, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 2016.
Photo date unknown. Front and center is Albert Reinert, proud owner of Skagway's longest-lived saloon (1898-1916), The Mascot Saloon. The Mascot has been restored to this time period by the National Park Servic... More
The Guardians of Skagway, Alaska
The guardians in front of the Manila Saloon, after rounding up Soapy Smith’s gang, ca July 1898.
The Guardians of Skagway, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park,...
The Guardians of Skagway pose in front of The Manila Saloon after rounding up Soapy Smith's gang, July 1898.
The Wreck of the Bark Canada in Fortune Bay.
A group of tourists visiting the wreck of the Bark Canada in Fortune Bay (AKA Nahku or Long Bay). The ship was built in Bath, Maine in 1859. The vessel was refrubished in Tacoma for the Klondike Gold Rush and w... More
Interpreting the past - National Parks Gallery
Interpreters dress in living history and play the role of actual people who traveled to the Klondike in 1898, based on their diaries and letters.
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Slide Cemetery There were several cemeteries in historic Dyea. Most of the graves in this cemetery belonged to Stampeders who died in a 1898 avalanche on the trail.
Alaska free images - Finnegan's Point
Finnegan's Point, located about five miles north of the Dyea townsite, was the first campsite that served Stampeders and packers. By April 1898, Pat Finnegan constructed a toll road across the Taiya River at th... More
Long Hill Photo Overlay - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Southwest view from Long Hill on the Chilkoot Trail. Digital overlay of the 1898 Long Hill photo by Eric A. Hegg on the August 20, 2013 photo by Ronald D. Karpilo Jr. and Sarah C. Venator/NPS.
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska From the book: Building the Gateway to the Klondike by Historian Robert L. Spude we learn that by February 1, 1898 there were 1,000 stampeders arriving in Skagway each week!
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska Man with his sled going through Box Canyon on the White Pass Trail over the Skagway River in 1898. E.A. Hegg photo.
Chilkoot Pass - Then - National Parks Gallery
Top of Chilkoot Pass on a busy day in 1898
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Slide cemetery The Slide Cemetery was built in April 1898 for avalanche victims. On Palm Sunday that year, an avalanche about a half-mile south of the Scales Camp on the Chilkoot Trail let to the creation of t... More
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska January 15, 1899, dawned bright and cold when, according to the Daily Alaskan, the first official passenger train left Skagway : The officials of the railroad company ... More
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska
White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska Bridge at Tunnel Mountain, February 1899 (Courtsey of British of Columbia Archives) The tunnel pierced through the mountain 800 feet above White Pass City.
Cutoff Canyon Photo Overlay - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
View of the Sawtooth Range, Dead Horse Gulch, and the Trail of '98 from the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad at Cutoff Canyon. Digital overlay of the c. 1899 Cutoff Canyon photo by E.A. Hegg on the August 3... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Wharf pilings With the 1899 construction of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway in nearby Skagway and the demise of the gold rush, parts of the planking disappeared from the wharf. The White Pass railroad p... More
Rocky Point Photo Overlay - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
View of the East Fork Skagway River Valley and an engine on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad rounding the curve at Rocky Point, Alaska. Digital overlay of the August 1899 Rocky Point photo by Harrie C. B... More
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Wharf pilings Although the Arctic Construction Company purchased the wharf in August 1901 with plans to reconstruct it to link with a projected railroad, the venture failed. The wharf burned in 1901, and all t... More
The Skagway Cornet Band, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, ...
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Skagway Cornet Band - National Parks Gallery
The Skagway Cornet Band of Skagway, Alaska, who use and recommend the instruments made by the C. G. Conn Company of Elkhart, Indiana as the best on earth.” Ca. 1908
Skookum Jim Mason - National Parks Gallery
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Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Matthews Cabin In May 1913, William Edward Matthews established a 160-acre homestead in the Dyea Valley. He lived in the cabin until 1922, and his family probably occupied it until 1932.
Skagway Red Sox Team of 1914 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
The Skagway Red Sox team, Skagway, Alaska, October 17, 1914. The players are (top row, left to right) Miss Della Rapuzzi, Miss Edith Liddicoat, and Miss Nellie Flynn, (bottom row, left to right) Miss lela Malan... More
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ground squirrel 8581 - National Parks Gallery
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Arctic Tern feeding a chick - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Arctic Terns usually return to the same area each year to raise their young.
White-crowned Sparrow - National Parks Gallery
The black and white stripes on the head of the white-crowned sparrow make it an easy bird to identify. Look for it in areas with lots of shrubs.
mountain goat south of stairs - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Alaska free images - your visit
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Alaska free images - Summer flowers
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American Dipper, National Parks Birds Images
The American dipper can dive underwater using its wings to stabilize itself while it hunts for insects to eat. Look for it in the Skagway River and along Pullen Creek.
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Lovely orange-red chrysanthemum. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arctic ground squirrel - National Parks Gallery
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View From Front Door - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
View of the Jeff. Smiths Parlor interior from the front door. Animatronic manikin "Soapy Smith" stands at the bar while manikin "Dangerous Dan" watches from a seated position at the back of the room. Historic... More
Alaska free images - Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes are not year round residents of this part of Alaska. Instead it can be a stop for them on their long migration to or from the lower 48 to their northern breeding grounds. Look for them in the ... More
Alaska free images - Surf Scoter
These dark males with bright beaks may look puffin-like from a distance, but these birds are diving ducks who love to feed on the blue mussels common to southeast Alaska. Some spend the winter in Southeast Ala... More
View of Glaciers along the Chilkoot Trail
The Chilkoot trail offers many scenic views of alpine terrain and glaciers.
National parks: Tulips - public domain image
A bunch of bright yellow tulips basking in the sunshine.
Artifacts Behind the Bar - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Historic whiskey bottles, glassware, ceramics and steins line the shelves behind the bar along with a rifle and wood barrel reading "Tennessee Rye".
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Alaska free images - ground squirrel
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Front of Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum
Exterior view of the restored Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum from the sidewalk on 2nd Avenue.
Alaska free images - Harlequin Ducks
Brightly colored and distinctly patterned, these male harlequin ducks can often be seen with their female companions along the Skagway river. Look for them on your way to Yakutania Point or while visiting Dyea.
Blue Grouse, National Parks Birds Images
Male blue grouse inflate air sacs to make "hooting" sounds. Listen for them as you hike through the forest to Lower Dewey Lake or on the Chilkoot Trail.
Cooper and Levy Building in Seattle
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Bald Eagle, National Parks Birds Images
Look for bald eagles in Dyea. In the late summer they are often drawn to salmon runs on the Taiya river watershed.
The Shriner's Band, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 1920.
The Shriner's Band on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Broadway, Skagway, AK. Courtesy George and Edna Rapuzzi Collection, Rasmuson Foundatino, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (inventory #000216).
The Boys on the Wagon - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Photo taken at the North End of Dyea, Alaska, ca. 1922. (1) Charley Rapuzzi, (2) Clat, (3) Teddy Tyler, (4) George Black, (5) A.J. Baker, (6) Clifford Beaver and (7) Ding Atchison.
The Hike Begins - National Parks Gallery
These people were part of a Hollywood film crew shooting location footage for a future big Hollywood production on the Klondike Gold Rush. Buildings in the photograph have yet to be identified but are north of ... More
The abandoned Klondike Gold Rush town of Dyea, Ala
After the rush many of Dyea’s buildings were removed and shipped elsewhere, torn down and sold for parts, or burned and the town became several homesteads. The name of the large building in the center of the ph... More
Devastating fire, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 1932.
On this day in 1932, the White Pass & Yukon Route lost their train shop and roadhouse to fire. They were quickly rebuilt; however, in a small Alaskan town during the depression, this was likely a very difficult... More
Martin Itjen says “More people ride on Goodyear"
Publicity shot, Martin Itjen and the Goodyear Tire Dealer, ca 1935.
Close up of Soapy Smith - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Martin Itjen hand-built this animatronic manikin in 1935. It would greet visitors by turning and raising a glass, then pivot and shoot "Dangerous Dan" sitting in the corner.
“Come up and see me sometime” – Martin, Mae and the golden nuggets
Studio portrait of Martin Itjen and Mae West. Ca 1935.
Martin and Mae beside the Skagway Streetcar
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Martin Itjen on Tour - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Publicity shot, Martin Itjen and his Skagway streetcar in front of the White Log Tavern. Ca 1935.
“Serve them up” – Martin Itjen on Tour.
Publicity shot, Martin Itjen inside of the White Log Tavern. Ca. 1935.
Soapy Smith and Dangerous Dan - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
"Soapy Smith", an animatronic manikin built in 1935 by Martin Itjen, stands at the bar holding a glass and fake gun while "Dangerous Dan," another manikin, sits in the corner.
Martin Itjen and the 1935 Ford V-8!
Publicity shot, Ford Dealer O. L. Cowen from California and Martin Itjen from Alaska meet over a 1935 Ford with V-8 power! Ca. 1935.
Martin Itjen and the Beech Nut Girls
Publicity shot, Martin Itjen and the Beech Nut Girls – Peppermint Flavored – Always Refreshing. In the background is the poster that appeared in the July 4, 1898 parade and was later attached to the Manila Salo... More
Close up of Dangerous Dan - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
"Dangerous Dan McGrew," an animatronic manikin built in 1935 by Martin Itjen, creepily sits in the corner inside the Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum.
Dangerous Dan and Lady Lou - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
The Jeff. Smiths Parlor includes a "Lady Lou," an animatronic manikin built in 1935 by Martin Itjen. Unlike the other manikins, "Lady Lou" sits by herself... in the restroom.
Behind Soapy Smith - National Parks Gallery
"Soapy Smith," an animatronic manikin built in 1935 by Martin Itjen, stands at the bar. Historic artifacts and glassware line the shelves.
Dangerous Dan McGrew - National Parks Gallery
Inspired by the Robert Service Poem, "Dangerous Dan McGrew," an animatronic manikin built in 1935 by Martin Itjen, creepily sits in the corner inside the Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum.
Close up of Lady Lou - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
A closeup view of "Lady Lou," one of the animatronic manikins built by Martin Itjen in 1935.
Lady Lou - National Parks Gallery
"Lady Lou," one of the animatronic manikins built by Martin Itjen in 1935, sits inside the Jeff. Smiths Parlor restroom.
Devil's Club in Southeast Alaska
There was one plant that caused us untold misery. It was a tall plant that had huge leaves in a cluster at the top giving it a parasol effect. The long stalk was bristling with sharp stickers. Breaking a trail ... More
Hosford's Sawmill Site - National Parks Gallery
In the 1940s, Ed Hosford cut a logging road from Dyea to Finnegan's Point. He established his sawmill there in 1948, where it was in operation until it was abandoned in 1956.
Alaska free images - Chilkoot Trail
Hosford's Sawmill Site In the 1940s, Ed Hosford cut a logging road from Dyea to Finnegan's Point. He established his sawmill there in 1948, where it was in operation until it was abandoned in 1956.
Historic Dyea Townsite - National Parks Gallery
Matthews Cabin The gable of the building still existed in the late 1950s and the porch was intact, but by 1979 the roof caved into the house and the porch had been removed. Wet cli... More
Sheep Camp Cabin - National Parks Gallery
Reconstructed using traditional techniques, this cabin was completed in 2018. The original cabin was built in the 1960s but had collapsed by the 2000s.
George Rapuzzi at Soapy Smith's
George Rapuzzi inside Soapy Smith’s Parlor Museum, Skagway, Alaska, 1960s (George and Edna Rapuzzi Collection, Rasmuson Foundation, print inventory # 00076-K/C-A, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park).