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| Title | Page from log book of twelve Yukon steamers on a trip from Seattle to Alaska, 1898 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1898 |
| Notes | Seattle's Moran Brothers Shipyard built a dozen shallow-draft steamers for use on the Yukon River during the Klondike Gold Rush. Robert Moran personally escorted the twelve boats from Seattle to the mouth of the Yukon River, a distance of 3000 miles of hazardous waters. |
| Personal Names | Moran, Robert; |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact Klondike Gold Museum, 117 S Main Street, Seattle, 98104, 206 553-7220. |
| Credit Line | Klondike Gold Rush Museum; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Klondike Gold Rush Museum |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
