Historical Markers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
'Cat' Houses & Sporting Women
20 Creek Street
Carving a Place in History
Chief Johnson Totem Pole
Chief Kyan Totem Pole
Creek Street
Crossing a Frontier
Diaz Café
Dolly's House
From Planks to Pavement
Gold Rush Crossroads
In Defiance of the Dry Squad
June's Café
Keeping the Catch!
Ketchikan Shingle Mill
Ketchikan Waterfront from Pennock Island, 1905
New York Hotel & Café
Ohashi's
Proud Canoes & Coastal Traders
Sea and Skyline
South Front Street
Spirit & Sparks
Star House
Star-crossed Square Riggers
Stedman-Thomas Historic District
Tatsuda's Grocery
The Gilmore Hotel
The Lost Frontier
Tongass Trading Company
Trials by Fire
Upon 'Thundering Wings'
When 'Steam was Queen'
In the late 1800s, there was a gold rush in Alaska that drew thousands of prospectors to the region. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 brought tens of thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon, and was one of the largest gold rushes in history.