Skagway has a past, it was the gold rush town in the 1890's when gold was discovered in the Yukon at Dawson City. It was truly a wild west town after our own "wild west" towns had become civilized. It was completly lawless and the people came here not only for a chance to find gold but for the adventure or to get away from something.
The town was run by a sheriff who actually work for a syndicate bosss named Jeff "Soapy" Smith who was a slick operator. He was a benefactor to the people who lived here but had a plan to cheat all of the gold seekers.
As usually happen the greed caught up with him and he got into a gunfight and was killed, in fact they both were killed and now are buried in this cemetery in the woods beside the railroad tracks.
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