Gold Rush Boomtown: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Skagway

Strikeout for gold on a journey back to the rough and seductive roots of the Klondike Gold Rush’s most famous boomtown. This tour will take you from the docks of present-day Skagway to the historic businesses and buildings that comprise this National Park town. We’ll travel back in time to experience Skagway in its heyday when there were wooden boardwalks, ladies of the night calling from windows and gunslingers sidling up to the local bar. You’ll hear stories of the foolhardy stampeders, industrious native guides, quick-thinking ladies, wild west mobsters and desperate entrepreneurs who gave this stretch of Alaska’s coastits living legacy. After the tour, you’ll know a lot more about this quirky frontier town that gets up to one million visitors each summer. This tour is a must for any curious mind looking to discover Skagway’s close connection to the land and entrepreneurial spirit. Join me on an insider’s guide to the Gateway to the Klondike.

Itinerary

1. The tour starts near the Small Boat Harbor.
2. The tour passes by the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Visitor Center.
3. The tour passes by the Skagway Centennial Statue.
4. The tour passes by the Jeff Smiths Parlour.
5. The tour passes by the Arctic Brotherhood Camp No. 1.
6. The tour passes by the Golden North Hotel.
7. The tour passes by The Mascot Saloon.
8. The tour passes the Pack Train Building.
9. The tour passes by the At The White House.
10. The tour passes by the historic Olivia's At the Skagway Inn.
11. The tour passes by the Skagway Museum.
12. The tour passes by the Mollie Walsh Park.
13. The tour passes by the Historic Moore Homestead.
14. The tour ends by Kirmse's.

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