There is a wall of ice and rock at mile 15 of the Chilkoot Trail. Even on a summer morning, thick clouds hide the summit, and the storm-battered mountains framing the footpath are like black ...

Here’s everything you should see and do in Skagway to make it a memorable stop on your Alaska cruise itinerary.

Hiking the historic Chilkoot Trail was a dream that North Sioux Cityan Gene Mulder kept on the back burner for the past 30 years. He had passed through the area several times over the years on ...

Scouts and leaders from Boy Scout Troop 281 of the Dallas United Methodist Church hiked the historic Chilkoot Trail in Southeast Alaska last summer. From left, kneeling, are Travis Culver, Brian ...

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. A pack train comes into view and passes in ...

ON JULY 17, 1897, after the steam ship Portland docked in Seattle bearing treasure from the Yukon, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s front-page headline incanted, “GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!” A day later, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs / Series 1: Keystone ...

Tales from the Klondike (1898) -- The great river of Alaska (1885) -- Eskimo whaling (1891) -- Hunting the big game of Alaska (1902) -- The Indian hunter of the far northwest (1902) -- Alaskan notes ...