We went to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Skagway. One thing I didn’t know, although we had been there on a cruise ship three years ago, a large part of downtown Skagway is part of the historical park. These are the main buildings but there are others in the town such as the “The Mascot” Bar.
The main building, top picture, is a small museum telling about the Klondike Gold Rush that passed through Skagway and the town of Dyea that we visited yesterday. I think men were tougher then. They had to pass through the mountains on foot and carry about 1000 pounds of goods to the Canadian Border which meant they had to make several trips. The Canadian Border Guards wouldn’t allow them into Canada unless they had all the items shown in this picture which was supposed to make them self sufficient for a year.
Later on the railroad was built which made it a whole lot easier to get to Dawson City which is where the gold was actually found. Building the railroad was no easy task.
After the museum we went to eat lunch, imagine that. We went to the Skagway Fish Co and had halibut, fries, and slaw. Price, $14.95 each. Good food.
I thought today that I haven’t included any pictures of downtown Skagway. Skagway is a tourist town. It is mostly dependent on the cruise ships but also from people driving in as we did.
Late this evening we drove out to the Gold Rush Cemetery. Most of the dates on the tombstones are 1898 and most were men age 20 to 40 years old.
We also walked up to the Reid Falls which were up a trail behind the Cemetery.
Tomorrow morning we backtrack on the same road we came in on only this time it will be uphill most of the way with some grades as high as 11 percent.
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