Yukon history
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This Day in Yukon History
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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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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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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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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Transplanting Icelanders to Alaska
August 9, 1889 – “Senator Platt of Connecticut, chairman of the committee on Territories, and who is now making his…
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Nugget Express has built big following
August 8, 1899 – “The Nugget Express, which had its foundation in Dawson during the winter just passed, has opened…
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Your friends are justly proud of you!
August 7, 1942 – “Pilot Officer T. W. Watson, who was born and raised in Whitehorse and was for some…
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Aviation history soars into Whitehorse
August 2, 1956 – “The first scheduled flight of a Pan American: Super Strato Clipper left Whitehorse this morning at…
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Expeditioners are heading north
August 1, 1898 – “Is incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana. The capitalization is $12,000,000, in 1,200,000…
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