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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9P_billy-biggs-blacksmith-shop_Dawson-YT.html
[English] This building stands as a testament to the way frontier businesses changed and adapted to new realities. It began life in 1899 as the two storey Great Northern Hotel, to service the needs of a rapidly growing population. By 1907, as the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9O_harringtons-store_Dawson-YT.html
[English] Like other grocers at the turn of the century, Harrington provided a cosmopolitan clientele with every conceivable foodstuff, from beans to truffles. This was made possible by the coincidence of improved transportation systems with new f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9N_k-t-m-company_Dawson-YT.html
[English]Built in 1899, this warehouse was taken over by the Klondike Thawing Machine Company 1n 1913. The growing hardware company was it the process of buying out other firms and expanding its line of goods even as Klondike gold claims were bein…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9M_dawson-daily-news_Dawson-YT.html
[English]The Dawson Daily News moved into this building in 1910, the sole survivor among 7 gold rush newspapers. It provided Dawson City with a window to the outside world and remained a profitable business until the early 1920s. Thereafter, it wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7E_post-office-le-bureau-de-poste_Dawson-YT.html
[English:]Prime Minister Laurier himself recognized the need to link the Klondike with the rest of the country. In 1900, he urged that the building of a Post Office "...be proceeded with at once." As the first substantial building erected by the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7B_madame-tremblays-store-le-magasin-de-madame-tremblay_Dawson-YT.html
While this building dates from 1899, it did not become Mme. Tremblay's, a dry goods and novelty shop, until 1913. ?millie Tremblay had first come to the territory as a young French Canadian bride in 1895 with her husband Jack. After 15 years on El…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU63_rubys-place-la-maison-de-ruby_Dawson-YT.html
[English:]Opened as a boarding house and laundry in 1902, the building was taken over by Mathilde "Ruby" Scott in 1935. For over 27 years, this former Paris Madame operated a brothel here, finding a ready clientele in the seasonal workers from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU5D_the-b-y-n-co-ticket-office-la-billettetereie-de-la-compagnie-b-y-n_Dawson-YT.html
[English:]This structure, built in 1900, is all that remains of a larger complex that included a warehouse and dock. At the time of the gold rush and for years afterwards, the riverfront was the transition point between Dawson City and the rest of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU5B_bank-of-british-north-america-la-bank-of-british-north-america_Dawson-YT.html
[English:]The BNA, which opened Dawson City's first bank in a tent in 1898, moved into these premises in 1899. By providing the essential services of assaying, buying and shipping gold, it helped integrate the local currency of dust and nuggets in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU2V_the-midnight-dome_Dawson-YT.html
"What fools we mortals be."About 150 people, "many of whom were ladies", attended the first formal gathering to see the midnight sun on June 21, 1899. Weary mountaineers were greeted with a selection of nuts, candies and soft drinks at suitably el…