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Stampeders posing for a photo in Dawson City, Yukon Territory Canada

Photo courtesy of the Candy Waugaman Collection

The Klondike Gold Rush is full of fascinating stories showing us the scale of this human drama. We have learned about stampeder experience from thousands of historic artifacts, photographs, journal accounts, published memoirs, and archeological discoveries.

Dive into history to

• Discover gold with the Klondike Kings who found gold in August 1896
• Research a historic person through Stampeder Genealogy
• Learn about three historic cemeteries
• Explore the gold rush experience for women
• Keep the stories alive with the guardians of the gold rush
• Unearth the writers who found gold through their words
• Protect the frontier with Alaskan Buffalo Soldiers

 

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  Jeff. Smiths Parlor and the Skaguay Street Cars

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  Historic photographs show the unique dime museum and funky customized tour buses created by inventor, entrepreneur and showman Martin Itjen. Itjen came to Skagway for the Klondike Gold Rush and did a variety of odd jobs before developing his tour business. Itjen developed Jeff. Smiths Parlor as the star destination of his tours and outfitted the museum with animated figures of Soapy Smith, Dangerous Dan McGrew and Lady Lou.

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  Martin Itjen in Hollywood in 1935

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  Explore Martin Itjen's 1935 journey to Hollywood promoting early Skagway tourism

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  Skagway People

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  Historic images from Skagway, Alaska showing early life and society at the turn of the 20th century.