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| Keywords: Klondikers with tents camped at the approach to Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, 1897 (LAROCHE 65).jpeg Photograph Creator Frank La Roche Caption on image 45 degrees incline and summit of Chilkoot Pass c1897 Forty-five degrees incline and summit of Chilkoot Pass This is the most difficult and dreaded portion of the journey the trail rising here eleven feet in half a mile over a perfect maze of broken rock In this photograph may be seen an almost continuous line of white specks reaching to the depression at the summit Each is a human being with a pack upon his back toiling slowly upward Toward the summit is a sheer ascent of 1 000 feet where a slip would certainly be fatal Frank La Roche En Route to the Klondike 1898 Klondike Gold Rush Subjects LCTGM Tents--Alaska; Mountains--Alaska Subjects LCSH Chilkoot Pass; Chilkoot Trail; Trails--Alaska; Mountain passes--Alaska depicted place United States--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass 1897 Institution University of Washington UWASH-LAROCHE-source accession number laroche 65 PD-old-auto-1923 1936 Information field Order Number LAR226 Tents in Alaska Chilkoot Pass 1897 in Alaska Black and white photographs | ||||
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