"Crossing the Chilcoot Pass": Diary of Inga Sjolseth Kolloen, a Norwegian American woman on her way to the Alaskan Gold Rush, March 8 to June 25, 1898

• Main Author: Kolloen, Inga Sjolseth
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Diaries; Gold rushes; Kolloen; Inga Sjolseth; Norwegian Americans > Washington (State); Alaska > Description and travel; British Columbia > Description and travel; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Inga; Dawson City; Dawson; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/13767

This is the diary of a Norwegian immigrant, Inga Sjolseth Kolloen, a Seattle resident who took the Chilcoot Pass on her way to Dawson City in Alaska as a part of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Kolloen describes the day to day experiences of her travels including cooking, the challenges of weather, transportation and boredom. This description includes some of the dangers of travel, describing avalanches and ship wrecks. The diary covers the length of her journey in daily entries from March 8th to June 25th 1898. The diary is written in Norwegian. The cover of the original diary along with a sample page are provided first, than a typed translation of the text of the diary. Some portions of the diary are unreadable due to faded or light writing. These sections are designated in the typed translation by asterisks such as these: * * * * *. Translated by Ruth M. Herberg, October 1977. Minor notes and corrections added at a later date by Melanie Mayer.