Proposed Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park historic resource study
Bearss EC. 1970. Proposed Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park historic resource study. Office of History and Historic Architecture, National Park Service. Washington, DC
This study identifies sites associated with the Gold Rush and emphasizes the significance of the Klondike Gold Rush. This study has been undertaken with a twofold goal: (a) It has been my intention to provide Master Planners with a document to enable them to locate and identify sites associated with the Gold Rush of 1897 and 1898, both in Dyea and Skagway, and along the Chilkoot and White Pass Trails between tidewater and the summits leading into Canada; and (b) to provide a documented narrative that, besides emphasizing the significance of the Klondike Gold Rush, will provide material for interpreting the days of ’97 and ’98 and the struggle for supremacy between the cities of Skagway and Dyea. In this battle for survival, the focus was on modes of transportation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bearss, Edwin
- Date of Issue
- 1970-11-15
- Publisher
- Office of History and Historic Architecture, National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , KLGO
- Keywords
- Alaska, Chilkoot Pass, Construction, Cultural Resources, ehistory, gold rush, History, Klondike, Mining, prospectors, Railroad, Skagway, Tourism, White Pass