In 1897, when a Seattle newspaper announced gold had been uncovered in the Yukon, early prospectors chose one of two passes for their six-hundred-mile journey. This White Pass scenery looks so beautiful from the window of the train excursion. However, between 1897 and 1898, it was called “The Dead Horse Trail.” Over 3,000 horses died while gold speculators struggled through mud, falling rock and a bitter winter.
