The Alaska daily empire., 1920-06-02
EXCJnSIONISTS VIII. SEE MANY
 UNIQUE SCENES
Liarsville, White Pass City and Other Places Once
 Thrived on Old Trail
(By Stroller Whitel

II you nave never taken the trip from Skagway to Whitehorse over the scenic White Pass x Yukon railroad, don't miss the opportunity for taking it next Saturday, leav- ing Gastineau Channel on the good ship Alma sailing from Juneau at o'clock Friday morning and call ing at Douglas and Thane.
 Within ten minutes after leaving Skagway interest in the trip by rail begins. Although there is now noth ng to mark the stie of Liarsville, the railroad runs immediately over Ehat was once the location of that lnique villa just two miles north of Skagway. During the winter of '97- 98 LiarsVille boasted upward of 100 inhabitants and there was not one If the 100 that was not past master in the gentle at of lying. Such an aggregation of liars was lever before or since known on the American continent.
 White Pass City
 Twenty minutes farther along the inc is the site of the once famous White Pass City, the end of the wagon road on the trail immor talized by the late George w. Bracl. ett In the early part of '98 White
 Pass City had no less than sixteen saloons, an equal number of restau rants and several other major attrac-
 tions.
 Porcupinc Hill and Rocky Point
 come between the sites of Liarsville
 and White Pass City and in this
 ncighborhood the railroad track runs
 along a shelf on the mountainside
 overlooking deep and rocky can
 yon that for grandeur and scenic
 beauty i3 surpassed on the North
 American continent only by the
 Grand Canyon of Colorado and a few
 of the att, actions offered by the
 Canadian Rockies. Bt fore reaching
 the Summit snowsheds and tunnels
 have their attractive ieatures-es-
 pecially to those who are sentiment
 tally inclined.
 Bennett No More
 Further along the road detour
 of Lake Bennett is madea after leav-
 ing what was once the town of
 Bennett which had a population of
 l 900 people when 1t was the north
 ern terminus of the roai It is now mostly given over to gophers, owls and bats, for like ancient Rome it's glory has departed. Nearer Whitehorse are the world renowned Miles Canyon and White horse Rapids, immortalized by Rob ert w. Service in his Trail of Ninety Eight" Unlike the towns along the line which were but are not, these physical attractions are just as grand, just as majestic, beau tiful and awe-inspiring now as they
 were in the days of the rush when
 the craze for gold made devils of former saints and fiends of church pillars. The scenic grandeur of the Canyon and Rapids, like Dead Horse Canyon near the Summit will never | be effaced by time or eradicated by | the hand of man They are fixtures and must be seen to be appreciated. The above are but a few of the
 hundreds of historic objects which ! greet the eye of the excursionist over 1 the historic route of the w. P. G Y. R. and those of people who have
 never made the trip over the road | should not miss the opportunity for doing si, while the many who have
 seen what the trip has to offer should see them again for the sake
 of Auld Lang Sine.
 | Alma Is Chartered
 | As heretofore Glen c. Bartlett of | the Gastineau Hotel has chartered the Alma to make the trip to Skag-
 way and return. From Skagway the | train is taken to Whitehorse The l Alma waiting at Skagway for the | excursionists' return from White
 horse. It is planned to have music | on board both the boat and train | and good time is assured to all | that go. It is asked though that l those contemplate making the trip ! send in their names to MT. Bartlett as soon as possible as only limit ! ed number is taken to prevent over ! crowding on the boat as it is de- 1 sirious to let everybody have plenty of room. and be able to sit out on deck and enjoy the beautiful day light trip to Skagway.