{"product_id":"doing-the-white-pass-by-howard-clifford-wp-yukon-route-klondike-gold-rush","title":"Doing The White Pass By Howard Clifford WP \u0026 Yukon Route Klondike Gold Rush","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003c!-- HTML Generated by Auction Wizard 2000 - http:\/\/www.AuctionWizard2000.com\/ --\u003e\n\n\n   \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n   \u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- AW2KLOT#:178614 --\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:98%;padding:2px;margin:auto;border:5px outset #673434;background-color:#FDF3D0\"\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"border:1px inset #673434;margin:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border:0px;padding:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRailroadTreasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eoffers the following item:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\";padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDoing The White Pass By Howard Clifford WP \u0026amp; Yukon Route Klondike Gold Rush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDoing The White Pass \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eTHE story of the White Pass \u0026amp; Yukon Route and the Klondike Gold Rush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBy Howard Clifford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eSoftbound \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e88 pages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eCopyright 1983\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eContents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDiscovery In The Yukon 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eA Ton of Gold 11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter III\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBrackett's Wagon Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e20\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter IV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eA Railroad Is Born  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e26\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter V\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe Duel On The Dock \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e32\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter VI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eConstruction Of The Railroad \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e36\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter VII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eProblems Continue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e44\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter VIII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eGood Years and Bad \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e53\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter IX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eWhitehorse is \"Discovered\"  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e60\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe War Years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e64\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter XI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003ePost War Years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e68\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003ePassenger Coaches on the WP\u0026amp;YR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e78\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eWhite Pass \u0026amp; Yukon Locomotive Roster \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e82\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eHoward Clifford, award-winning writer and photographer, has traveled extensively in Alaska and the Yukon for more than a quarter of a century, writing thousands of words and taking hundreds of photographs of his favorite travel area.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eHe is a former newspaperman and at one time or another has been a commercial airplane pilot, sports announcer, ski instructor, race car driver, advertising and public relations official and consultant, theatre manager, airline official, film producer, editor and publisher, U.S. Marine, law officer and travel writer-to name a few of his vocations and occupations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eChapter I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDiscovery In The Yukon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDreams of a 65-year old sea captain, who had gone through close to a dozen gold rushes and who had made and lost several fortunes, foretold the construction of the White Pass \u0026amp; Yukon Route a decade before the discovery of gold in the Yukon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDuring the summer of 1887 Captain William (Billy) Moore was hired by a Canadian survey party, headed by William Ogilvie, to find a new route from sea level to the Upper Yukon-a route that could be reached from the placid waters of Tiaya Inlet on Lynn Canal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eAt that time entry into the Upper Yukon Valley was via the Chilkoot Pass, a precipitous and rugged route that taxed the strength of the best of men. Captain Moore had traveled the area over a period of years and had heard rumors of such a route, more than 600 feet less in altitude than the Chilkoot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eHe was determined to test the feasibility of a new route and so while the main Ogilvie party took the old trail through Dyea, an Indian village centered around the Healy and Wilson Trading Post and supplier to most of those going over the pass, Capt. Moore started up the Skagway (Skaguay) River, accompanied by his Indian friend, Skookum Jim Mason, who was to play an even more important role in the Klondike gold rush a decade later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eAll pictures are of the actual item.  There may be reflection from the lights in some photos.   We try to take photos of any damage.    If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad.  Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. 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