Alaska & Yukon History Along the Highway

A traveler's guide to the fascinating facts, intriguing incidents and lively legends in Alaska's and Yukon's past put history on the move with this inside look at the remarkable chronicles and fascinating lore of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. With maps and photographs accompanying the text, Ted Stone retraces the route of the original Gold Rush trails from Skagway to Dawson City, then follows the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Delta, Alaska. Along the way readers meet fur traders and trappers, dreamers and dance-hall girls, stampeders and saloon keepers.