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Seattle, Washington 2007

Weekend trip from September 1st to 3rd, 2007 to Seattle, Washington including a day trip to the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon.

2007 September 1 2 3

Aquarium (130) Erica (29) Portland (157) Ruben (17) Seattle (387)

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Shoe selection of an early Nordstrom store.
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Photos of early Nordstrom stores.
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Clothes during the time of the stampede.
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On the top is a box for supplies as it was used during the time of the stampede and below is a sleeping bag.
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A sleeping bag.
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A "grub box" was marketed by local merchants as containing essential items for any successful Stampeder. Note the "Portable Pantry" pictured in blue in the background of the receipt next to our grub box. The original receipt is in the store display on the floor above you.
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Receipt of the store "Miners' Emporium and Mfg Co."
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A patent for an improved sleeping bag.
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Sarah Winter received a patent for improvements to a sleeping bag design in 1898. It's unknown if the bag ever was produced in large numbers. The bag in this case came with the patent and is likely the prototype.
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Mining the Frozen Ground Gold has been washed down from the mountains above the Klondike Valley for eons. What the first prospectors found on the surface was only a fraction of what they would find underground. But to get through the granite-hard permafrost, they had to "fire" the claims. They built fires in the shaft, scooped out the muck when the fires went out, built another fire and kept going until the bedrock was reached. Then they thawed out tunnels, or "drifts" in search of the elusive gold. They piled dirt and gravel on the surface beside the shaft and mined until the spring thaw and "clean-up." Most had no idea how wealthy they would be until they ran the dirt through sluice boxes or miners cradles.
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"Most of those who took that stampede trail failed to find the pot of gold at the end, but found riches - more elusive, perhaps, than nuggets and gold dust ...." - Ethel Anderson
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Miner's Cradle The miner's cradle, or rocker box, was basic placer-mining equipment. It was built on cradle-like rockers and one man could operate it by rocking with one hand while pouring water in with the other. Holes in the bottom of the hopper let gold filter to a sloping apron made of canvas, wool, or carpet, where it was trapped. The rest of the gold was caught by pieces of wood nailed across the bottom. These were called riffle bars. If the claim was a rich one, the rocker was cleaned out several times a day. The large gravel, still in the top hopper was checked for nuggets and the fine dust and flakes in the bottom were carefully put into containers.
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Alaska and Beyond Most stampeders stepped onto Alaskan soil in Skagway or Dyea on their way to one of the tortuous passes that would take them into the Yukon. Dense forests, rugged mountains, snow-covered trailes, and unforgiving weather awaited them. Illness, frostbite, accidents, and crime posed additional risks on the arduous journey ahead. Most stampeders crossed Chilkoot Pass from Dyea or White Pass from Skagway to reach Lake Bannett. There, stampeders built a variety of watercraft to travel downriver to Dawson City and the Klondike gold fields.
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In the center of the picture is the "L.C. Smith Building", the first skyscraper in Seattle and to the right the "Columbia Tower", the largest building in the Skyline of Seattle.
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After the visit to the goldrush museum the question arises if this store also profited from it. It was established in 1892.
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Nicely built street in Seattle.
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