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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Hiker on rocky summit with clouds and mountains in background Photo credit: J Eve Griffin
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
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Historic gold rush buildings in front of snow-capped mountains
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Visitor Center is situated in the heart of downtown Skagway at 2nd and Broadway. 
 

Located adjacent to the Visitor Center, is the park museum with historic photographs and artifact. Discover the stories of ordinary citizens who dropped their daily businesses and boarded steamships to follow their dreams north to the Klondike. Other exhibits showcase portions of the Rapuzzi Collection, one of Skagway's largest assemblages of gold rush artifacts dating from 1898 and collected through the late 1960's.

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Univ. of Washington historic photo showing old street scene with mud streets and tightly packed businesses

Did You Know?
At the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, 150 businesses were established in Dyea, Alaska including 48 Hotels and 2 Hospitals. By 1903, Dyea's population was a mere 3. A visit to Dyea today reveals a thriving forest growing over the ghosts of those buildings.

Last Updated: December 20, 2010 at 16:44 MST