Group 3-On theTrail

Group 3: On the Trail
What were conditions like on the trail?

• Chilkoot and White Pass Trails, on Links to the Past (NOTE: On this map, students can trace the routes of the Chilkoot Trail and White Pass Trail and determine their approximate length.)
• Links from Links to the Past
  • The National Park Service
    • The Palm Sunday Avalanche: Slide 1, Slide 2, Slide 3, Slide 4, Slide 5
    • Palm Sunday Avalanche Victims
  • Washington State Historical Society
    • Resting on the Trail (NOTE: Read the brief note, then click on the image for a larger image.)
    • Sheep Camp (NOTE: Read the brief note, then click on the image for a larger image.)
    • Cabin Along the Dyea Trail (and three gold rushers)
    • Thirty Mile River (NOTE: Read the brief note, then click on the image for a larger image.)
    • Reaching Dawson (NOTE: Read the brief note, then click on the image for a larger image.)
    • On the Trails
    • Marching Off to Chilkoot
    • Beyond the Passes
    • Sailing to the North
    • Beasts of Burden
  • National Postal Museum: As Precious As Gold: The Alaska/Klondike Gold Rush
    • The Trails (NOTE: Contains transcriptions of archival letters. Click on photos for larger images.)
    • Starvation and Disease
  • Library of the State of Alaska
    • Transcribed letter from Reverend Albin Johnson to C.W. Tuttle about a land route to the Klondike, Nov. 11, 1897 (Page 1 / Page 2)