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| Keywords: Packtrains on the Chilkoot Trail blocked by a fallen horse, Alaska, 1897 (LAROCHE 88).jpeg check categories 8 June 2016 4 Photograph Creator Frank La Roche Caption on image Dyea Trail blocked by falling horse c1897 A trying climb on Dyea Trail Mile after mile of such broken railway and uncertain footing is met with en route to the mountain top The photographer was shown the toilsome march of the pack train bearing supplies for the miners At the moment this photograph was taken a fallen horse in front of the line had compelled all behind it to stop until the animal was assisted to regain its feet In this picture can be seen two men carrying a section of a boat Later even this light load became to great to be borne up the mountain side and they were compelled to saw it in two pieces and divide the burden On reaching the shores of the lake the pieces of the boat were patched together again Frank La Roche En Route to the Klondike 1898 Klondike Gold Rush La Roche 2030 Subjects LCTGM Packtrains--Alaska; Pack animals--Alaska; Horses--Alaska Subjects LCSH Chilkoot Trail; Trails--Alaska depicted place Alaska 1897 Institution University of Washington UWASH-LAROCHE-source accession number laroche 88 PD-old-auto-1923 1936 Information field Order Number LAR207 Images from the Frank La Roche Photographs Collection to check Pack animals Horses Chilkoot Trail Trails | ||||
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