The rip-roaring past of Alaska's "Gateway to the Klondike" comes alive in this book that links the Skagway of 1897-98 and its memorable characters with the Skagway of today.
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The town variously known as Skagus, Mooresville, Skaguay and finally Skagway, the name it bears today, was first settled on October 20, 1887, by an old seafaring man, Capt. William "Billy" Moore, who had made and lost several fortunes as a sometimes riverboat captain and pilot, prospector, packer and trader. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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White Pass, Captain Moore, Yukon Route, Soapy Smith, United States, World War, Dawson City, Golden North Hotel, Pullen House, Bishop Rowe, Frank Reid, Brackett Wagon Road, Chilkoot Pass, Lake Bennett, British Columbia, Chilkoot Trail, Herman Kirmse, Sixth Avenue, Lynn Canal, San Francisco, State Street, Alaska Highway, Edgar Gallant, Klondike Highway, Skagway Bay New!
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The town variously known as Skagus, Mooresville, Skaguay and finally Skagway, the name it bears today, was first settled on October 20, 1887, by an old seafaring man, Capt. William "Billy" Moore, who had made and lost several fortunes as a sometimes riverboat captain and pilot, prospector, packer and trader. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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White Pass, Captain Moore, Yukon Route, Soapy Smith, United States, World War, Dawson City, Golden North Hotel, Pullen House, Bishop Rowe, Frank Reid, Brackett Wagon Road, Chilkoot Pass, Lake Bennett, British Columbia, Chilkoot Trail, Herman Kirmse, Sixth Avenue, Lynn Canal, San Francisco, State Street, Alaska Highway, Edgar Gallant, Klondike Highway, Skagway Bay New!
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- READY READERS, STAGE 4, BOOK 11, THE FOURTH OF JULY, SINGLE COPY by Pearson Education on page 18
- Sister Mary by Nini Herman in Back Matter
- Gold Dust by Emily Carmichael on page 82
- Klondike Women: True Tales Of 1897-1898 Gold Rush by Melanie J. Mayer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush: Secret History of the Far North by Lael Morgan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chilkoot Pass: The Most Famous Trail in the North by Archie Satterfield in Back Matter
- True Secrets of Alaska Revealed! by Scott Gutelius in Back Matter
- Gold Rush Dogs by Claire Rudolf Murphy in Back Matter
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