Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04
fskAGWAY HAS BECOME
STA|D SETTLEMENT
Saloons and Dance Halls of the Past
Have Disappeared From
Town.
BECOMING SUMMER RESORT
Climate Mild, With Comparatively
Little Rain. and i'm Vicinity of
Gate to the Klondike" Are Half
4 Il Dozen Glaciers.
ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.


the rich gold fields Of klondike, and
miners came 10y the thousands to
tramp their way over the passes in or
der that they might get to the head
waters of the Yukon and float down
to Dawson. \ little later IL became
the terminus OF the White Pass Rail
way. which runs from here to White
Horse. the head of the navigation Of
the Yukon. and within short time
Ii sprans from Il village OF tents to
a busting city Of wood and stone OF
$4,000 population. The most of the
citizens were trausients. who We're
moving back and forth from the gold
mines. Then the mines began 70 play
out and the blood of Skagway grew
weak Drunk with prosperity. it de-
mandcd the gold cure. but the cream
had been skinned from the klondiltc
and the bottle was empty The miners
grew fewer and fewer. and the city
dwindlcd and pinned until il now has
all told. only 500 or COO.
The saloons and dance halls of the
past have all disappeared. The hotels
and roominG shacks have rotted away
and many of the hetter-class houses
are vacant The town has changed
from wide open community of gam
blerS, fortune hunters and miners. to
Il staid little settlement. which lives
on the travellers who pass through on
their way to Yukon territory and the
ia:erior of Alaska, and on the tourists
who come north every season to see
glaciers and other wonders of this
southeastern part of the territory.
as it is now, several hundred steam
crs call at Skagway every season and
they bring thousands OF passengers
Many take the continuous round trip.
but many also stop OFF AT Skaeway for
- few days or weeks. The place i
fast becoming "A summer resort. 1t has
:, mild climate with much less rain
than other parts of the panhandle. In
the immediate vicinity are n half dozen
glaciers and not far away is Glacier
Bay. one OF the crcacst glacier gar
dcnS OF the whole world. 1t is the
scene of much II the work ~ John
Muir. and there are Muir Glacic.
and others. which lie discovered. III
addition Skagway offers no end Of OK
cGrsions which one can make on horse
hack. on foot or by motorhoat, ANA
nc will find new things at ever: stop
or at every chur Of tho engine Just
NV there = talk OF building grca,
tourist hotel here. and the travel will
Increase as soon as our people awake
Ia the wonders Of AlaslSa and. know
,h"y can he comfortably housed and
evG while they enjoy them.
GREENEST or GREEN
DURING THE SUMMER
The Interesting things Of Alaska are
b.
tains. the snow and the ice. As far as
this par, Of the country is concerned,
the latter is found only In the gla-
ciers. The winters are such that there
is no ice to speak of. and in summer
Skagway is of the greencst of green.
Just now great beds OF white clover
grow on the sides of the streets. ana
the hills are covered with bushes and
wild flowers Many of the residents
have garden patches, where they grow
all the vegetables used by IN" town.
l saw one patch OF raspber.ies this
morning which had bushes as high as
my head and berries as thick as my
thumb. ! saw rhuharh w.:A leaves as
big as two pages OF This newspaper.
and stems that reached 70 my shout
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