Skagway Alaska

The area around present-day Skagway was inhabited by Tlingit people from prehistoric times. They fished and hunted in the waters and forests of the area and had become prosperous by trading with other groups of people on the coast and in the interior.One prominent resident of early Skagway was William "Billy" Moore, a former steamboat captain. As a member of an 1887 boundary survey expedition, he had made the first recorded investigation of the pass over the Coast Mountains, which later became known as White Pass. He believed that gold lay in the Klondike because it had been found in similar mountain ranges in South America, Mexico, California, and British Columbia. In 1887, he and his son William claimed a 160-acre (650,000 m2) homestead at the mouth of the Skagway River in Alaska. Moore settled in this area because he believed it provided the most direct route to the potential goldfields. They built a log cabin, a sawmill, and a wharf in anticipation of future gold prospectors passing through. Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska Skagway Alaska comment | share Type your message and click Add Comment It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name Name Email help private comment joseantonio 04-Jul-2015 05:39 I was here in 1991. Thank you for taking me back.V Type your message and click Add Comment It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name Name Email help private comment click on thumbnails for full image