Download or read book The White Pass written by Roy Minter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the thousands they came, the gold-seekers of 1897, pouring through Alaska's White and Chilkoot passes on their way to the Klondike and to fortune. Fast behind them came the entrepreneurs, the bunco artists, and before long, the engineers and financiers whose driving ambition was to build a railway through the White Pass's rocky precipices. This is the epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms and thaw-time muck, carving the grade and laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed, promoted, and finally built the White Pass and Yukon Railway.
Download or read book The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway written by Graham Wilson and published by Whitehorse, Yukon : Wolf Creek Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 100 years, the railway built of gold still carves a path through one of the most treacherous mountain passes imaginable. With 125 spectacular historic photographs along with fascinating anecdotes and personal accounts, this book tells the exciting story of the world's northernmost narrow-gauge railway. 125 photos.
Download or read book The Milepost written by Kris Valencia and published by Morris Communications Company. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.
Download or read book All for the Greed of Gold written by Catherine Holder Spude and published by Washington State University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the steamship Cleveland left Seattle’s docks on March 1, 1898, William Jay Woodin was on board, traveling with his father and several others. They were chasing the nineteenth century’s last great gold rush, but instead of mining, they planned to earn their fortune by providing supplies. Enhanced with family photographs and skillfully edited, Will’s writings--including diaries, a short story, and a delightfully candid 1910 memoir--record events, emotions, and reflections, as well as his youthful wonder at the beauty surrounding him. Unlike many stampeders, Will’s party chose to take both the White Pass Trail and the Tutshi Trail, and his story offers a rare glimpse into ordeals suffered along this less common route. Will’s experiences also epitomize a mostly untold story of how working-class men endured a grueling Yukon journey. He was part of an emerging middle class who, with minimal formal education, left farm life to seek urban employment. Whether packing tons of goods on their own backs or building boats at the Windy Arm camp, Will brings to light the cooperation and camaraderie necessary for survival.
Download or read book The Road Chose Me Volume 2 written by Dan Grec and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for even more wild places and new experiences, Dan became determined to explore 'off the map' in Africa. From the mighty Sahara Desert in the north to the dense equatorial jungles of the Congo and the open grasslands of Southern Africa, Dan turned his biggest dream into reality. Over the course of three years Dan's second major expedition spanned fifty-four thousand miles through thirty-five unique African countries. THE ADVENTURE WAS A THOUSAND TIMES BIGGER THAN HE DREAMED POSSIBLE. After exploring the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina Dan became hooked on the freedom of global overland travel, and he only wanted more. New languages, exotic foods, stunning landscapes and local people with an entirely different outlook became Dan's everyday life. As the months turned into years, through highlights and despair Dan gained a new appreciation for what it truly means to be alive. Viewing our modern world through African eyes gave Dan a new perspective, and he was pulled in by the endless joy, laughter and kindness at every turn. While the landscapes and wildlife are undeniably breathtaking, it is the natural warmth of the African people that is truly unforgettable. All across the continent Dan was welcomed with love and generosity, and now he will never be the same.
Download or read book A Wild Discouraging Mess written by Julie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Gateway Skagway and Dyea Alaska written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated at the head of Lynn Canal are two sites of much importance to the history of the Kondike Gold Rush, one of the greatest adventures North America has known. At the mounth of the Taiya River is the abandoned site of Dyea, once the gateway to the Chilkoot Trail and the water route to the interior of the Yukon. Four miles to the southeast of Dyea, at the mouth of the Skagway River, lies the other major gateway to the goldfields by way of the White Pass Trail�Skagway. The early history of these two towns in interrelated but today they are vastly different. Dyea has gone the way of the gold rush towns of the late 2800s and early 1900s�it has crumbled to the dust from which it sprang in 1897. Skagway has fared better, and along with Dawson City and a few other remains, it represents the last vestiges of the gold rush.
Download or read book Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North written by Arthur Arnold Dietz and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thrilling adventure of a party of eighteen gold seekers who left New York city in the winter of 1897, headed by Arthur A. Dietz."--Preg.
Download or read book Jason s Gold written by Will Hobbs and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!" Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins thousands of fellow prospectors attempting the difficult journey to the Klondike. The Dead Horse Trail, the infamous Chilkott Pass, and a five-hundred-mile trip by canoe down the Yukon River lie ahead. With help from a young writer named Jack London, Jason and his dog face moose, bears, and the terrors of a subartic winter in this bone-chilling survival story. 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6), 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 6-8), 01-02 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist, and 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)
Download or read book The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers written by Robert D. Turner and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available from Harbour Publishing! A lavishly illustrated volume of Klondike frontier history.
Download or read book Railway Operating Battalion written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Streets Were Paved with Gold written by Stan Cohen and published by Missoula, Mont. : Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early photos in this book were gathered from various sources in the U.S.A. and Canada. Most of the modern pictures were taken by the author and his wife on their trip north in 1976.
Download or read book The Klondike Stampede written by Tappan Adney and published by New York ; London : Harper & bros.. This book was released on 1899 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Rush Narrow Gauge written by Cy Martin and published by Interurban Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beneath the Surface written by Becky M. Saleeby and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White Pass and Yukon Route written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book USA by Rail written by John Pitt and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since they came on the scene, American trains have had a strong hold on the popular imagination, inspiring countless stories, songs, scandals, films, and legends. Attracted by the pace of life and an ever-changing view, more and more people are discovering the joys of taking to the rails to cross this vast continent in comfort. This new edition of a best-selling Bradt title provides up-to-date timetables, information on rail passes, and background travel information for 25 long-distance rail journeys in the United States plus an additional 12 routes in Canada. Over 500 destinations are covered, including attractions such as the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Park, and Disney World--all accessible by rail--and details of 100 steam railways and museums. Sightseeing and attractions in 38 major cities on rail routes are also provided for the complete traveler's companion.
