• Stampeders Hiking the Golden Stair case with heavy packs

    Klondike Gold Rush

    National Historical Park Alaska

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Gold Rush Cemeteries

Grave stone of John Morgan

Grave stone of John Morgan in Slide Cemetery in Dyea, AK.

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Cemeteries are a fascinating way to learn about the people that lived in or passed through an area. There are number of cemeteries in Skagway and Dyea.

Click on the Cemetery below for a list of people buried at that location.

Slide Cemetery: Located in Dyea, AK

Pioneer Cemetery: Skagway, AK on Dyea Road

Gold Rush Cemetery: Skagway, AK near lower Reid Falls

Information provided by the Skagway Historical Society.

Did You Know?

Historic photo of horse mired in mud and snow

The White Pass Trail of Klondike Gold Rush NHP earned infamy as the "Dead Horse Trail."  Over 3,000 horses died there as inexperienced gold seekers struggled to reach the Klondike. "The horses died like mosquitoes in the first frost, and from Skagway to Bennett they rotted in heaps." 
-Jack London