The Yukon story : a sourdough's record of goldrush days and Yukon progress from the earliest times to the present day
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Hamilton, Walter R.
issued: 2019-06-06
issued: 1964
description: "Bibliography: p. [249] Chief emphasis of the work is on events during the years 1897-1901. It includes several chapters on the routes to the Yukon. The author was one of the few men who reached the Yukon by travelling through the interior of British Columbia."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 231.
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extent: xiii, 261 pages : frontispiece (color), maps (some folded), illustrations, portraits, photographs, advertisement (on cover lining) ; 24 cm
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note: W.R. HAMILTON THE YUKON STORY Walter R. Hamilton The author of this book, who died in 1964 in his ninety-second year, was a man of rare persistence. In 1898, young, slight and wiry, he was one of only five out of some 1500 who left Ashcroft in the great Yukon gold rush to take the incredibly difficult overland route to the goldfields and who actually reached the goal. He was part of the most exciting and colorful stampede in history, working at placer mining in both the Atlin and the Klondike gold camps. When excitement subsided he lived for about ten years thereafter in Dawson and at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. Half a century later, Hamilton concluded that the story of the Yukon never had been gathered together in one sound, Continued on back flap THE YUKON STORY THE STORY WALTER R. HAMILTON A Sourdough's record of Goldrush Days and Yukon Progress from the earliest times to the present day. MITCHELL PRESS LIMITED VANCOUVER, CANADA Copyright 1964 — All rights reserved PRINTED IN CANADA MITCHELL PRESS LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. Contents CHAPTER ONE Early Exploration, 1 CHAPTER TWO The Ashcroft Trail, 7 CHAPTER THREE Atlin Camp, 24 CHAPTER FOUR Atlin to Dawson, 30 CHAPTER FIVE Dawson and Sulphur Creek, 38 CHAPTER SIX The Edmonton Trail, 42 CHAPTER SEVEN Other Trails to the Yukon, 50 CHAPTER EIGHT The Soapy Smith Episode, 54 CHAPTER NINE Discoverers of Gold, 64 CHAPTER TEN Yukon Mining, 71 CHAPTER ELEVEN Life in the Klondike, 79 CHAPTER TWELVE The White Pass Railway, 87 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Yukon Stage Line, 97 CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Banks, 105 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 115 CHAPTER SIXTEEN William Ogilvie, 130 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Government, 133 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Whitehorse and Other Places, 137 CHAPTER NINETEEN Climate and Agriculture, 141 CHAPTER TWENTY The Church, 145 J CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Alaska Highway, 172 Yukon Phenomena, 199 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Soldiers of the North, 177 Tall Tales of the North, 201 CH…
note: Includes an index. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7997625
has type: Books
identifier: FC4011 .H35 1964
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379325
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Mitchell Press Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC4011 .H35 1964
subject: Yukon--History
type: Text