(top: Wikimedia Commons; bottom: Candy Waugaman Collection Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Library SS-126-8831) In the winter of 1897-1898, word spread like wildfire that gold had been ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Andrew has been contributing as a writer and an editor to Fodor's and several other guidebook publishers for more than three decades, and he recently authored his own book, Ultimate Road Trips USA & ...

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As anyone who’s been on an Inside Passage cruise knows, Seattle has had deep ties to the Alaskan panhandle town of Skagway. During the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, Seattle benefited greatly ...

Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. Critics called the transaction "Seward's Folly" after US Secretary of State William Seward. Alaska was officially made the 49th ...

Company L of the 14th Infantry stands at attention on the Dyea-Klondike wharf in Dyea, Alaska 1899. Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Library William Norton Collection (ASL-P226-868) In March of 1898 ...

In southeastern Alaska, a historic 33-mile trail is ready to welcome visitors. The Chilkoot Trail is shared by Canada and the United States, and while both the American and Canadian sides are open for ...

Explore the Chilkoot Pass Trail in Dyea, Alaska, for a creepy and historic hiking adventure through a famous ghost town. If you’re looking for the creepiest hike in Alaska, head on out to Dyea, Alaska ...