White Pass & Yukon-Skagway 41 years ago (6)

Waiting for the train, a trip up the river.

In 1979 White Pass country effort was being made only where it was absolutely needed. The country was headed in to a recession. Railroad maintenance was not the only thing showing it.

The cemetery; Soapy (Jefferson) Smith's grave on the right:


As usual, Frank Reid gets the better deal (wish I'd known the rest of the story then, Bob; where are the others buried?):


And some bodies don't remain buried; there is always hope of a resurrection! That is, of course, the WP&Y track heading for points north at the back:


Perhaps someone more informed than I can tell "whom" we're looking at. Short of the number on the tender seen, and a "U.S. Army" on the remains of another tender, we found no distinguishing marks. But then, at the time I didn't know what to look for. I hadn't a clue there sere such things to be seen there!


Shameless teaser: the White Pass shops are between the cemetery and where we decided to camp for the night.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2020 03:48PM by heatermason.