• Artifacts at the Summit of the Chilkoot Trail

    Klondike Gold Rush

    National Historical Park Alaska

Itjen, Rappuzzi, and Soapy Smith Gallery

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