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Back from four months of exploration in the little known regions of Yukon territory, Alaska, H. Adams Carter of Dunster House, Ex-President of the Mountaineering Club, reported yesterday that the National Geographic-Washburn Expedition had discovered four or five mountains hitherto unknown and uncharted. In memory of England's Silver Jubilee, two of the mountains were named King George and Queen Mary...
Only a few summer tourists now go to Skagway, Alaska, but at the height of the Yukon gold rush (1897-98) 75,000 of them tumbled hopefully ashore to seek their fortune or somebody else's. Today Skagway is a ghost town, but one of its ghosts has left his mark-a 30-ft. skull carved on the face of a cliff. That is Skagway's memorial to Soapy Smith...
When gold was discovered in Bonanza Creek in Canada's Yukon Territory, Skagway became the port of entry for the trek up over White Pass toward sudden wealth. Friends warned Soapy Alaska would be a tough proposition, but to Soapy it looked like his big chance. With his time-tested crew of bunco-steerers, con men and cappers he started a saloon in Skagway, set out to captivate that leaderless town. He did it, but it was hard going. The thugs and strong-arm men he could not control gave Skagway such a bad name that the law-&-order...
...succeed B. Adams Cartey '36, who left yesterday on an expedition to the Yukon, the skiing team has elected as captain R. Colin Maclaurin '38 of Boston. Maclaurin was the ranking No. 2 man on the Harvard team and has been racing for three years...
...prepared for college at Milton. This year he tied for second place in the University downhill race and was eighth at Dartmouth. Carier, who has headed the skiers hitherto, is a member of the National Geographic expedition that H. Bradford Washburn '33 is leading into the Yukon Territory this winter...