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Bridge over the Klondike River
August 23, 1961 – “Fraser and Rice Construction Ltd. of Edmonton has been awarded a $261,626 contract for construction of…
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Search ensues for missing aircraft
August 22, 1935 – “DAWSON, Y.T.. Aug. 22. – Five aeroplanes combed the air route between here and Fairbanks, Alaska,…
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Edna
Edna is a nine-week-old female pit bull terrier. She is one of a litter with four other puppies. As with…
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Dispensing with an expensive roadway
August 21, 1944 – “Abandonment of the Haines ‘cut-off’ road between the Alaskan coast and the Alaska Highway, announced by…
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The pioneers of the air are celebrating
August 20, 1920 “By Telegraph to the Editor of THE NEW YORK TIMES: DAWSON, Yukon, Aug. 17. Airplanes 2 and…
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‘Klondike’ flourished, then faded
August 19, 1915 (271 words) “In a recent publication of the Smithsonian Institute, Mr. H. M. Cadell reports his studies…
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Highway to Alaska through the Yukon a must in case of war
August 16, 1940 “It is absolutely a necessity now, that the International Highway from Continental United States, through Canada and…
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A flurry of staking in Mayo area
August 15, 1921 – “The mail received in Dawson July 26 by the mining recorder brought 55 more applications for…
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Bolt
BOLT is a one-year-old male Jack Russell terrier mix. ‘I’m an excitable, high-energy little guy. When I see you, I…
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A gold rush fortune from washing clothes
August 14, 1951 – “VICTORIA, B.C. – Mrs. Josephine Cassidy, an energetic woman of 86, recalls that she made a…
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