Locomotive hauling powder through Skagway, ca. 1902

• Main Author: Peiser, Theodore E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Business districts; Gold rushes; Railroads; White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm); Yukon; White Pass; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6960

Gold seekers who had made the long boat trip north to Skagway came ashore in an unfamiliar place described as "little better than hell on earth," and "about the roughest place in the world." They were 1,000 miles from Seattle, which was cosmopolitan by comparison. This photo of Skagway was probably taken between 1898 and 1905. The Hotel Seattle and other businesses with familiar sounding names might have appealed to newcomers. The White Pass & Yukon Route train, in the center of Skagway's main street, may be hauling crates of gold dust or blasting powder. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 12 x 17 cm.