Skagway, Alaska
should gold fever struck in 1897–98, some 20,000 to 30,000 adventurers came through Skagway to brave the Chilkoot and text qualified trails on their way to the Klondike gold fields. They suffered immense hardship, many died, and only a very few got rich. however Skagway prospered, as did nearby Dyea at the head of the trail that crosses the Chilkoot qualified into whetherada.
The park commemorating the gold rush includes the Skagway Historic District, Dyea (now in ruins), and the American portion of the Chilkoot Trail, as well as forerunner Square in Seattle, where so many dreamers made plans rightness the trip north. rightness many the dreams ended here in Skagway, where some 80 saloons and gambling halls and the notorious "Soapy" Smith and his cronies were all willing and able to relieve the unwary of their grubstakes.
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