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| Keywords: Skagway, Alaska, October 1897 (LAROCHE 117).jpeg Photograph Creator Frank La Roche Caption on image Skaguay October 1897 Skaguay October 1897 The town of Skaguay at present has a population of nearly 3 000 and there is every reason to anticipate a considerable increase at an early date Skaguay is of as much relative importance to the trail named after it as is its northern neighbor Dyea is to the Dyea Trail A wagon road is being made from the town to Summit Lake about twenty miles ahead the work having been undertaken by a local transportation company The road is to be fourteen feet wide covered with gravel and if possible to be kept open the year round Skaguay has three docks which are shown in the photograph and besides several hundred frame and log houses it has six hotels fifteen restaurants and thirteen general merchandise stores Frank La Roche En Route to the Klondike 1898 Subjects LCTGM Cities towns--Alaska--Skagway; Mountains--Alaska Subjects LCSH Skagway Alaska depicted place Skagway Alaska 1897 Institution University of Washington UWASH-LAROCHE-source accession number laroche 117 PD-old-auto-1923 1936 Information field Order Number LAR228 Mountains of Alaska Skagway Alaska 1897 in Alaska Piers in Alaska Black and white photographs | ||||
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