Preparing to Climb 'The Golden Stair' and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, c1898. Routes to the Klondike; People; Government Caption: Mickey and Skinny with

Caption: Mickey and Skinny with Nigger

Goods Bought

daughter Gladys

Located in south end of Dawson on a cold winter day

Preparing to Climb 'The Golden Stair' and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, c1898. Routes to the Klondike; People; Government Caption: Mickey and Skinny withStereoscopic view of the camp at the base of the golden staircase on the Chilkoot Trail. The area is stacked with goods and a number of inidividuals are visible. Inscription recto: Preparing to climb 'The Golden Stair' and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. Inscription verso: The Alaska Gold Rush, Chilkoot Pass Alaska In 1897 98 the rush to the gold fields of Alaska and the Yukon took place. In these two years some 40,000 men entered the