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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaska, (search)
ory remained under military government till 1884, when a district government was established and a land office opened. This form of administration proved adequate till the remarkable discoveries of gold in the neighborhood of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, in 1897, attracted thousands of miners to those regions, and soon made necessary larger means of communication. A number of bills were introduced into Congress for the purpose of providing the Territory with the form of government prescribeddvantages of civilization hitherto unknown in that bleak region. Early in 1898 an aerial railway was constructed over the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Linderman, a unique enterprise that shortened the time between tidewater and the headwaters of the Yukon River from a month to a day, and removed the perils and hardships of former travels. At the end of that year the first section of the first railroad built in Alaska was completed. This was the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, projected to extend fro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Klondike, (search)
Klondike, A region in the Northwest Territory of Canada, bordering on the Klondike and Yukon rivers. The first white people who visited the region went there in the interest of the Hudson Bay Company. It is said that they knew of the existence of gold there, but as they did not suppose it existed in large quantities, they , with an area of 198,300 square miles, 2,000 of which is water surface. In February, 1898, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey issued a new map of the Yukon River region. The map includes the territory between long. 38° and 166° W., and lat. 60° to 67° N. The Yukon River is traced considerably beyond the Klondike regionYukon River is traced considerably beyond the Klondike region, and the portion within Alaska is very fully treated. The country between Forty-Mile Post and Stewart River is also given with minute exactness. The results of military and scientific explorations undertaken by the United States government in Alaska indicate that that Territory contains a larger amount of gold, besides other eco
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yukon River, or Kwickpak River, (search)
20 miles wide. It has quite a rapid current, from 4 to 7 miles an hour. In winter the ice on this river averages 5 feet in thickness, and in places often freezes to a depth of 9 feet. The climate is comparatively mild near the mouth of the river, but is much more severe in the interior. The mean annual temperature in the territory drained by the river is 25° Fahr., and the ground never thaws—though the short summer is quite hot—more than 2 or 3 feet below the surface. All along the Yukon River the ground is fertile and rich crops of grass grow there. The summers are too short to admit of the raising of grain, and the only vegetables that can be raised successfully are radishes, turnips, and lettuce. The whole Yukon Valley is well wooded, yielding a fine growth of firs, alders, poplars, birch, and spruce. Fishing, hunting, and cattle-raising are all occupations that could be profitably carried on in the Yukon Valley. The natives of Alaska are properly divided into two class