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Monument at Inspiration Point, White Pass and Yukon Route, Alaska.
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Description
Collection Name
AMRC. Ingalls Collection
Identifier
AMRC-b88-3-46
Title
Monument
at
Inspiration
Point
,
White
Pass
and
Yukon
Route
,
Alaska
.
Description
Title
taken
from
front
.
Monument
to the
pack
animals
that
died
during
the
Gold
Rush
of
1897-1898
,
located
at
Inspiration
Point
,
along
the
White
Pass
and
Yukon
Railroad
route
,
Southeast
Alaska
.
Monument
reads
: "The
dead
are
speaking
. In
memory
of us
three
thousand
pack
animals
that
laid
our
bones
on these
awful
hills
during
the
gold
rush
of
1897-1898
.
We
now
thank
those
listening
souls
that
heard
our
groans
across
this
stretch
of
years
.
We
waited
but not in
vain
.
Placed
by the
Ladies
of the
Golden
North
and the
Alaska
Yukon
Pioneers.
"
n.d
.
Postcard
.
Original
photograph
size
:
5
1/2
"
x
3
1/2
".
Subject.TGM
Monuments & memorials
Plaques
Packtrains
Pack animals
Horses
Corporate Name
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Region
Southeast Alaska
Time Period
1913 to 1939
Type
Image (Photographs)
Image (Photographic postcards)
Ordering & Use
https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/collections/rights-and-reproduction/
Holding Institution
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501
mailto:resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org
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