Cemetery in Dawson

Cemetery in Dawson George and I drove around Dawson City away from all the touristy places and found some old dilapidated buildings and the old cemetery. After going to the museum and reading about the Chilkoot pass and all the people that died and turned back; I was curious to know what the life expectancy was. Again George stayed in the car but I found their life stories so interesting and I wanted to follow them from the time they arrived to their death. I spent probably 30 minutes wondering and reading. It brought tears to my eyes to see all the young men from all over the world searching for their dream and dying at such a young age. Their families and friends so far away and probably never really knowing what happened. There were so many infants. They had to live in tents when they first arrived. Then the crude cabins had to be so cold. The graves were marked with an old wooden marker that was almost weathered clean but someone had gone in and remarked the graves with white crosses. This is such interesting history and thank God someone preserved their names and what they could.