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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQU_skagways-historic-waterfront_Skagway-AK.html
Skagway had a deep-water harbor and was the starting point of the White Pass trail, which began in the river valley and let through the mountains. Skagway was the place where thousands of stampeders started their journey to the Klondike gold mines…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B5A_skagway-centennial-statue_Skagway-AK.html
Skagway was originally spelled S-K-A-G-U-A, a Tlingit Indian word for "windy place." The first people in the area were Tlingits from the Chilkoot and Chilkat villages in the Haines-Klukwan area. From a fish camp in nearby Dyea, they used the Chill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B58_three-thousand-pack-animals_Skagway-AK.html
[Rendering of a loaded pack horse and pack mule]The dead are speaking in memory of us three thousand pack animals that laid our bones on these awful hills during the Gold Rush of 1897-1898. We now thank those listening that heard our groans across…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2G_inspector-charles-constantine_Skagway-AK.html
[Seal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]
In Commemoration ofInspector Charles ConstantineandStaff Sergeant Charles BrownNorth West Mounted PoliceFirst members of this historic Canadian police force who landed at Skagway, Alaska on June 29th,…