Tuesday, June 23, 2009

What remains of the Pullen Hotel

Harriet Pullen, a 37-year-old widow, reached Skagway nearly penniless and became its most distinguished citizen. She earned enough selling pies she baked in dishes hammered from old tin cans to start a four-horse freighting business over White Pass, then used her profits to open a thriving hotel.

This is all the remains of her hotel



And her grave

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