Tribute to the Miner

Dedicated to the Klondike Gold Miners past, present and future in recognition of their contributions to Dawson City and the Klondike Region.

In 1896, gold was discovered on Rabbit Creek (later known as Bonanza Creek) by Skookum Jim, George Carmack and ...

Northern Commercial Co. Warehouse

L’entrepôt de la Northern Commercial Co.

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One of the complex of four warehouses that covered an entire city block in 1898, this and numerous other warehoused like it provided the life blood of Dawson City. For four months a year, the ...

The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal

Emigrant (Immigrant) Waiting Room

After passing the Statue of Liberty and being processed at Ellis Island, where did the new Americans go?

Once declared “clearly and beyond a doubt, entitled to land” almost two-thirds of the immigrants processed at Ellis ...

“Mother of Exiles”

Between 1886 and 1924, 14 million immigrants entered America through New York. The Statue of Liberty was a reassuring sign that they had arrived in the land of their dreams. To these anxious newcomers, the Statue’s uplifted torch did not ...

Robert Jemison, Jr. (1878-1974) / The Old Mill (1927)

Robert Jemison, Jr. (1878-1974)

The Father of Mountain Brook

A man of great vision, dream and enthusiasm, Robert Jemison, Jr. was by far the greatest real estate developer of Birmingham’s 20th century. The Post-Herald newspaper dubbed him “Mr. Birmingham.”

Jemison said abut Mountain ...

Fort Gibson: The New York Harbor System

Fort Gibson was among 40 forts constructed between 1794 and 1812 in the United States. All were built during threats of war resulting from attacks on American shipping by Great Britain and France, two dominant powers of the 18th ...

The Manhattan Skyline

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty standing on her pedestal, stood taller than any other structure in New York City. At 305 feet, 1 inch (92.99 meters), it exceeded even the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been completed three years earlier. ...

Oxon Cove, the Potomac, and the Chesapeake

The history of Oxon Cove Park is a small part of the larger story of the Potomac River, which is one chapter in the long tale of the Chesapeake Bay. But the three stories overlap in many details and eras.

For ...

Livermore Southern Pacific Depot

This railroad station having been located about half a mile west of the old town of Laddsville, on land owned by Wm. M. Mendenhall. Established the location of the town Livermore. The first depot was a freight car that was ...

The Mason Estate

In contrast to the island today, this 1818 map by Robert King portrays the island as one continuous garden rich in native and cultivated plants, flowers, and fruits and divided by an avenue planted with trees. The estate was the ...