Camp Skagway No. 1 Building in Skagway, Alaska - Encircle Photos

4 Camp Skagway No. 1 Building in Skagway, Alaska

This fascinating façade has nearly 9,000 small pieces of driftwood assembled into a checkerboard design. Camp Skagway No. 1 was a brotherhood of gold speculators and miners. It was established in 1899 when approximately 600 men a day arrived in Skagway by steamers from Seattle. This was the first of eventually thirty camps or brotherhood halls created in Alaska and neighboring Canada. At the peak of the Klondike Gold Rush, membership exceed 10,000 prospectors.

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Camp Skagway No. 1 Building in Skagway, Alaska

253 Broadway, Skagway, AK 99840

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