Discover Skagway – Where the Past Has Been Preserved For You to See - Right Now

Your cruise ship (Cruise Shore Excursions) on the Inside Passage passes through some pretty amazing landscape. Yes, it is breathtakingly beautiful. Yes, it is remote and uninhabited, but did you ever stop to wonder how people in the past coped with those harsh conditions? Skagway is a settlement that keeps its stories of the past alive. It is a town that has survived long after the people who came searching for gold took their chances - the historic graveyard can attest to the fact for many; the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush was the end of the road.

You can witness for yourself the secrets and scandals of the deep distant past as they are brought back to life, or you can see the evidence of the passing parade from the 1890’s with : -

· Historic Skagway (Skagway Excursion): In Skagway, they like to hang out their “dirty laundry” in public every day! All is revealed during the ‘Days of ‘98’show. This colorful depiction of the Scoundrels, Scallywags and Saints of the past will illustrate to you exactly how Skagway got its name as “The Rowdiest and Roughest Frontier Town” back in the gold rush days.

· Gold Rush Cemetery: Pause and reflect a while at the harsh conditions that the people who mined gold around Skagway had to endure at times. Each cemetery has its tales of hardship, loss and tragedy, and Skagway’s Gold Rush Cemetery has more than its fair share of evidence that its occupants did not make it to “Four Score Years and Ten”.

We are true locals, and we know every story there is to tell from those days. We are happy to share them with anyone who wants to know because we love to keep Skagway’s history alive, and how better than to tell the stories to those who will take them on to the rest of the world.

Visit the site http://www.discoverskagway.com/ for Alaska Excursions.