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Skagway

Port, United States.

About Skagway

Human settlement in United States of America.1

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People

Worked atTappan AdneyTappan Adney explored Skagway, Dyea and the trails north in 1897.2

Events

Led toKlondike gold rushThe last great northern rush built Dawson City and Skagway.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q16302941 (Skagway)
  2. Gold Rush Writers US National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
  3. Skagway: Gateway to the Klondike (Teaching with Historic Places) US National Park Service

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Chuquicamata from the ISS by Alexander Gerst (ESA), CC BY-SA 2.0.