People and pack animals on the Chilkoot Trail, April 21, 1898

• Main Author: Unknown
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Gold rushes; Horses; Mules; Packtrains; Tents; Trails & paths; Yukon; Chilkoot Pass; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7326

The Chilkoot Trail, also called the Dyea Trail, had been a Native American trade route for generations. Gold seekers followed the old trail north from Dyea along the river towards Chilkoot Pass. Those who could afford it hired people or pack horses to carry their goods as far as Sheep Camp. This 189...