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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Monument at Inspiration Point, White Pass and Yukon Route, Alaska.

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