The steamer Valencia arrives in Port Valdez 1
The Historical Setting 2
The Klondike and Copper River Gold Rush 4
Picking the Best Route and Destination: The Newspapers 5
Government Reports 7
The Valdez Glacier Diarists 13
Early Arrivals at Orca 18
Early Prospecting in Prince William Sound 19
The first stampeders arrive in Port Valdes .19
Establishing "The Law and Order Trail" 20
The Rush Begins - 22
Spring 1898 - The Stampede 23
The Merchants Arrive 27
The Townsite Rush 28
Old-timers: W. J. Busby 33
New-comers: Melvin Dempsey 35
How do you pronounce the town's name? 36
The Glacier Trail 39
Glacier City 42
Surmounting the terminus 42
A final view of "civilization" 44
Five-mile Camp 44
On to 12-Mile Camp 48
Animals on the trail 50
The People 52
Women on the trail 55
12-Mile Camp 56
Lost on the Glacier 57
Miners' Meetings and Auctions 58
Stormy Weather 59
Summit Camp and the Great Storm 60
Avalanche 60
The Conquest of the Summit 62
Finally the Cavalry Arrives - Late 63
Descending into the Promised Land 67
The Upper Klutina 70
Klutina Lake 72
Jackson Delivers the Mail 73
The Indians 75
The Rapids of the Lower Klutina ...79
Amy's Landing 80
Gold at Quartz Creek! The Stampede is on . . . 81
Lining down the Klutina 82
Hell's Gate - Shooting the Lower Klutina 82
Copper Center 83
Entertainment along the Trail. 84
Staying in for the Winter 87
Scurvy the Scourge of Prospectors.....88
Abercrombie Reports on Conditions in Valdez....91
Military Route and Road 1898-1899......98
Lt. Brookfield's Expedition: Over the mountains and down the river.....100
At last, a glacier-free route, but is it any good?....102
Corporal Heiden wins the Day......104
Pete Cashman, King of the Mountain Guides.......105
Congress Approves Funding for an All-American Route......105
Starting the Trans-Alaska Military Trail......106
Prospecting Results in 1899.......111
Finding a Railway Route..........113
Ft.Liscum.....................................................................................................................115
The All-Alaska Telegraph Line..........116
Gold, Valdez, and Memories...........117
Overall map of the area 1899 ..Frontispiece
Allen map of 1885.........................................................................................................8
Map of Port Valdez after 1901.....................................................................................32
Valdez Glacier Trail.....................................................................................................38
The Summit to Lake Klutina........................................................................................68
Lake Klutina to Copper Center....................................................................................80
Military Trail from Valdez to Ptarmigan Creek........................................................106
Military Trail from Ptarmigan Creek to Kimball Pass...............................................109