{"product_id":"1982-skagway-alaska-historical-buildings-post-cards-arctic-circle-inc","title":"1982 - Skagway, Alaska Historical Buildings Post Cards - Arctic Circle Inc.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_q\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd#vvzi1e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_r\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_s\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cu class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"akSuzb#zJGFRe\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_t\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline dotted; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan jsuid=\"UEhOHc_u\" class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"click:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_u|QSfFF;keydown:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_u|Rdx5Cc;rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_u|npT2md;mouseover:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_u|RTsz0e;mouseout:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_u|nLb3Wb\" jscontroller=\"MnjSLd#lGxCFd\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwimuPKGibOVAxUXgGoFHQvlLpEQ3egRegYIAQgGEAE\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_v\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eSkagway, Alaska\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e, is legendary as the primary \"Gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush\" of 1897–1899\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. In a matter of months, it transformed from a quiet, wind-blown coastal valley into Alaska's largest and wildest boomtown.\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"a7qCn#ZxCkTb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_13\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eIndigenous Roots and Early Settlement\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_15\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIDBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eBefore the gold rush, the area was known to the local Tlingit people as \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"yHWXO#Mkm8ud\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_16\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eShgagwéi\u003c\/em\u003e (meaning a windy place with \"white caps on the water\"). It was heavily used by Native packers for hunting and trading long before any Western settlers arrived. In 1887, Captain William Moore laid a pioneer claim to the valley floor, anticipating a future trade route through the mountains.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"rcuQ6b:\u0026amp;UEhOHc_1d|npT2md\" jscontroller=\"KHhJQ#U8DOt\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1d\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otQkpb\" aria-level=\"3\" role=\"heading\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"a7qCn#ZxCkTb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1e\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; margin: 24px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eThe Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1899)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"TDBkbc#Ml18Xb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1i\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIDRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eWhen news of massive gold discoveries in Canada's Yukon Territory reached the world in July 1897, a massive human stampede began. Tens of thousands of prospectors (called \"stampeders\") landed by steamship at Skagway's port.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"mPWODf#NS0kde\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1p\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe#HokZ0d\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1s\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIDhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1t\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd#vvzi1e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1u\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eThe Arduous Trails:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stampeders had to trek 500 miles inland to the goldfields. They lugged a mandatory one ton of food and supplies over the brutal \u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd#vvzi1e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_1v\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eWhite Pass Trail\u003c\/strong\u003e (nicknamed the \"Dead Horse Trail\" because thousands of pack animals perished from exhaustion) or the nearby Chilkoot Trail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"oSLmPe#HokZ0d\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_23\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIDhAF\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"fly6D#d5Qebf\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_24\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" jsaction=\"\" jscontroller=\"zYmgkd#vvzi1e\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" jsuid=\"UEhOHc_25\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eThe \"Wickedest Town\":\u003c\/strong\u003e By 1898, Skagway boomed to a population of nearly 10,000 residents. It quickly gained a reputation as a lawless, chaotic settlement overflowing with saloons, dance halls, and con men. 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