Members of the Jefferson "Soapy" Smith gang, vicinity of Skagway, ca. 1898

• Main Author: Unidentified
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1898
• Subjects: Vigilante; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/portraits/id/1610

Handwritten on verso: No. 1 Charlie Walker, No. 2 Doc Boyle, No. 6 Spencer (?), No. 7 Bill Pike, No. 8 Malamute Kid. Sopay Smith 4th from right. The lure of gold brought more than honest miners and foolish adventurers to the North. It also brought con men, thieves and opportunists who got rich by pr...