Golden glimpses : a historical look at the use of Alaska's resources.
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Jack Dalton, a colorful character who first came to Alaska 1885, is best known for establishing a packing route from Pyramid Harbor, near Haines, to the Yukon River. This route, which became known as the Dalton Trail, was first traversed by Dalton when he joined the 1890 "Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition" to explore the territory between the Alaska Coast and the Yukon River. One of the members of the expedition, Edward James Glave, who had experience exploring Africa, was intrigued by the prosp...