Frank Slaven and Roadhouses of the Yukon River
Allan C. 2014. Frank Slaven and Roadhouses of the Yukon River
Travelers relied on roadhouses, usually found within 20 to 30 miles of each other, for food and shelter along the Yukon River during the Klondike-Alaska Gold Rush. In 1932, Frank Slaven built a roadhouse at the mouth of Colorado Creek. Slaven mined several claims around Coal Creek and Woodchopper Creek before settling down to run the roadhouse. He and a crew of men constructed the roadhouse with lumber salvaged from buildings at Fort Egbert and with trees felled near Charley River and floated down to Coal Creek. Slaven never lost the taste for gold and frequently left the roadhouse to its own devices to mine. A number of mining operations occupied the roadhouse over the years and the National Park Service later restored the structure as a public use cabin.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Allan, Chris
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Units
- YUCH
- Keywords
- Ed Biederman, Frank Slaven, Gold Placers, Inc., Judge James Wickersham, Klondike-Alaska Gold Rush, roadhouses, Yukon River, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve