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Seattle, Washington 2007

Weekend trip from September 1st to 3rd, 2007 to Seattle, Washington including a day trip to the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon.

2007 September 1 2 3

Aquarium (130) Erica (29) Portland (157) Ruben (17) Seattle (387)

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Routes to the Klondike Once outfitted, stampeders had to transport themselves and their gear to the Klondike - over 1,200 miles as the crow flies and much longer by the means available. Three main routes predominated: by water, by water and land, and overland through Canada.
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Routes to the Klondike Water and Land Route The vast majority of stampeders traveled by steamer from the West Coast up the Inside Passage to one of several Alaskan communities and then proceeded overland to the Yukon. Most went to Skagway or Dyea. From there they crossed the Coast Range on foot before navigating the upper reaches of the Yukon River to Dawson City. A few traveled from Haines over the Dalton Trail. Still others traveled up the Shikine River from Wrangoll. The so-called "All American" route out of Valdez required crossing miles and miles of uncharted glaciers.
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There was also an All-Land-Route which I can not anymore on this photo.
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All-Water Route This route was physically the least difficult and the most expensive. Because of this, it became known as the "Rich Man's Route." An ocean-going steamer took stampeders to St. Michael, Alaska near the mouth of the Yukon River. There, stampeders transferred to riverboats and continued their journey up the Yukon River to Dawson City. Most stampeders who took this route during the first fall of the gold rush were stranded en route when the Yukon River froze for the winter. It was not for six months, when then the river thawed, that the trip to Dawson could by completed.
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Supplying Stampeders.
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Erica in a rebuild of the store of a supplier.
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Seattle suppliers and shippers brought in $16 million in the last few months of 1897 - equal to the total for all of 1896.
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Receipts.
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Receipts.
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Receipts and a letter of one of the stampeders.
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List of one of the outfitters with one year's supplies.
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List of the supplies for one man for one year.
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Advertisement of the the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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Advertisement of the outfitters.
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