Maps and family trees -- Queen of Heartbreak Trail -- Wisconsin, 1854-1869 -- Dakota, 1869-1877 -- "Looking for better times" -- Washington, 1877-1881 -- Quillayute country -- The Pullen family, 1881-1889 -- The Quileutes -- La Push, 1889-1897 -- A man with a badge -- Skagway, 1897-1902 -- The independent entrepreneur -- The Pullen House -- New century -- Afterword: Solid gold -- Appendix: A storied woman.
Summary:
"The true story of Harriet Smith Pullen, a Klondike Gold Rush pioneer who in 1897 landed in Skagway, Alaska, broke and alone. Newly independent and empowered, she became an entrepreneur, single-handedly hauling prospectors' provisions into the mountains where gold beckoned. As Skagway morphed into a tourist destination after the gold rush ended, she started the Pullen House, an acclaimed hotel, which she managed for fifty years"--Provided by publisher.
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