Experience Of Chas. H. Ingraham Over The Chilhoot Pass To Klondike. (Cover Title)

CHAS H. INGRAHAM

Publication: Bowie & Weatherford, Inc, Booksellers, 1991, Seattle

Facsimile reprint of the first edition. 7 1/8" x 4 3/4" printed stapled wrappers limited to 300 copies numbered and signed by the publishers, n. p. [8 pp.]. A scarce account documenting the arduous overland passage taken by gold seekers crossing the Chilkoot Pass from southeastern Alaska into Canada's Yukon Territory. Following the discoveries of gold in 1896, the Chilkoot Trail became one of the principal routes to the Klondike gold fields. Prospectors were forced to face steep mountain climbs, treacherous weather, and the exhausting task of carrying tons of provisions and mining equipment over the pass. Kurutz: The Klondike & Alaska Gold Rushes 269 says: "Ingraham, an adventurer from Philadelphia, came down with a case of gold fever, The first page of this book carries the title 'Letters From Klondike' but in actuality the publication is a vivid recollection rather than a series of letters detailing Ingraham's trip to the gold region in March 1898." At the end is a short letter from Joaquin Miller to Dr. C. M. Wilkens commending Ingraham for his word picture of Chilkoot Pass. Inked corrections to the text by the publishers, else a fine copy.