Overland Trail (Yukon)

The Overland Trail was a Klondike Gold Rush-era transportation route between Whitehorse, Yukon and Dawson City in Yukon, Canada. It was built in 1902 at a cost of CDN$129,000 after the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad won a contract to deliver mail to the Dawson City gold fields from the Canadian government. The trail consisted of a 330 miles (531 km)-long, 12 feet (4 m) wide graded surface with culverts in some locations.^[1] Before its construction, transportation to Dawson City required a steamboat trip on the Yukon River during the brief subarctic summer, or dog sleds after the rivers had frozen.^[2] After its construction, horse-drawn stagecoach routes soon were established. Even with this regulated travel, it took five days to travel the distance between the two towns. Sleighs were substituted for coaches once snow began to fall, and passengers were charged CDN$125 for a one-way trip.^[3]

The first automobile used the trail in 1912,^[4] but soon afterward, declining returns from the gold mines caused the population of Yukon to drop precipitously. In 1921, the White Pass discontinued operating stages on the Overland Trail, and the mail contracts were awarded to other contractors thereafter. In 1922, the mail contractor switched from horse-drawn vehicles to motor vehicles. In 1955, a new automobile highway was built north from Whitehorse to Mayo, with a spur to Dawson City. This highway made the Overland Trail obsolete, and it fell into disrepair.^[5] That road itself was replaced by the Klondike Highway. Today, the Overland Trail is primarily a recreation route for sled dog teams, snowmobiles, and other tourism-related activities. Artifacts relating to the Gold Rush-era use of the trail are plentiful along the route, which is used in February as part of the Yukon Quest, a 1,000-mile sled dog race between Whitehorse and Fairbanks, Alaska.^[5]

White Pass & Yukon Route Overland Trail Equipment, 1901-1921

White Pass Wagons^[6] (29 units)
Road No.^[7]	Type	Builder(s)	Year Built	Remarks
1	Passenger Wagon	Gear: Abbott-Downing Co. (Concord, New Hampshire); Body: White Pass	1902	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. Original body of # 1 appears to have been installed on Sleigh #32 or 33 in 1904. One of ##1, 2, 4, and the three 1906-1917 passenger wagons was retired in 1918, leaving five. Two were sold in 1928, leaving three. One was sold in 1943, leaving two. The remaining two of ##1, 2, 4, WA, WH, and WL were written off in 1950. Two of ##1, 2, 4, WA, WH, and WL currently are at the MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon. One of them has had its wheels replaced.
2	Passenger Wagon	Gear: Abbott-Downing Co. (Concord, New Hampshire); Body: White Pass	1902	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. Original body of #2 appears to have been installed on Sleigh #32 or 33 in 1904. For disposition, see, Remarks for #1, above.
3	Passenger Wagon	Gear: (built in Seattle, Washington); Body: White Pass	1903	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. Given to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944.
4	Passenger Wagon	Gear: (built in Seattle, Washington); Body: White Pass	1903	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #1, above.
5	Passenger Wagon	Gear: (built in Seattle, Washington); Body: White Pass	1903	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. Given to the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1944.
6	Passenger Wagon	Gear: (built in Seattle, Washington); Body: White Pass	1904	41 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 12 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. Sold to E. J. Spinney Trucking Service in 1944. Currently, it is on display at Carcross, Yukon.
7	Heavy Freight Wagon	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1902	44 in. front & 54 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. One of ##7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (6 heavy freight wagons) was sold in 1912, leaving five. One was gone in 1940, leaving four. Parts of one were sold in 1948, leaving three. The remaining three of ##7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 were written off in 1950.
8	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. On display at the Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon.
9	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #7, above.
10	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #7, above.
11	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #7, above.
12	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #7, above.
13	Heavy Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1902	45 in. front & 56 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #7, above.
14	Store Wagon	Winkler Bros. Mfg. Co. (South Bend, Indiana)	1904	34 in. front & 49 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 2½ tons of freight. Written off in 1950.
15	Concord Road Wagon	Groton Carriage Co. (Groton, New York)	1904	41 in. front & 46 in. rear wheels. Cap’y = 4 Psgrs. Sold in 1928.
16	Break Cart	Fraser Road Cart Co.	1903	49 in. wheels. Cap’y = 1 Psgr. Used to train horses. Written off in 1950.
	Passenger Wagon	Body: White Pass	1906	For disposition, see, Remarks for #1, above.
	Light 2-Horse Buckboard	White Pass	1906	Sold in 1922.
	Light 4-Horse Buckboard	White Pass	1906	Sold in 1928.
	Heavy 4-Horse Buckboard	White Pass	1909	Cap’y = 5 Psgrs. & 1¾ tons of freight. Sold in 1923.
	Medium Freight Wagon	Bain Wagon Co. (Kenosha, Wisconsin)	1909	Gone in 1925 or 1926.
	Single Buggy		1911	Still existed in 1950.
	Light Buckboard w/Top		1915	Retired in 1917.
	Passenger Wagon	Body: White Pass	1915	For disposition, see, Remarks for #1, above.
	Medium Freight Wagon		1915	Gone between 1925 & 1937.
	Light Freight Wagon		1916	One of the two Light Freight Wagons was gone in 1925 or 1926, and the other was sold in 1929.
	Light Freight Wagon		1917	For disposition, see, Remarks for 1916 Light Freight Wagon, above.
	Passenger Wagon	Body: White Pass	1917	For disposition, see, Remarks for #1, above.
	Side Bar Road Wagon		1917	Sold in 1923.

White Pass Sleighs (54 units)
Road No.^[7]	Type	Builder(s)	Year Built	Remarks
21	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. One of ##21-25, 27-31 and 34 (eleven 75 in. bob passenger sleighs) was sold in 1924, leaving 10. One was gone in 1925 or 1926, leaving nine. One was scrapped in 1929, leaving eight. One lost its running gear in Laberge Lake in 1930, leaving seven. Two were sold in 1931, leaving five. One was gone in 1932, leaving four. One was sold in 1934, leaving three. The remaining three of ##21-25, 27-31 and 34 were written off in 1950. One of ##21, 22, 23, & 27 is at the MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon. For a time at the museum, it bore the number “7”. The body of another of ##21, 22, 23, & 27 is on an incorrect running gear at the Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon.
22	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
23	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
24	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 10 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
25	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 10 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
26	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. Last reported to be at the Henry Tjoelker residence at Everson, Washington.
27	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
28	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1902	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
29	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1902	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
30	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1902	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
31	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1902	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 15 Psgrs. & ¾ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
32	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: Abbott-Downing Co. (Concord, New Hampshire)	1903	Articulated 66 in. bobs. Cap’y = 6 Psgrs. & 0.35 ton of freight. Body appears to have been the original body of Wagon #1 or 2. One of ##32 and 33 (two 66 in. bob passenger sleighs) was sold in 1906. The remaining one of ##32 and 33 was written off in 1950.
33	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: Abbott-Downing Co. (Concord, New Hampshire)	1903	Articulated 66 in. bobs. Cap’y = 6 Psgrs. & 0.35 ton of freight. Body appears to have been the original body of Wagon #1 or 2. For disposition, see, Remarks for #32, above.
34	Passenger Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1903	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 10 Psgrs. & ½ ton of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #21, above.
35	Double Cutter	William Mable (Victoria, British Columbia)	1903	120 in. runners. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. For use by superintendent, assistant superintendent, or blacksmith. One of ##35, 36, 37, or 38 (four cutters) was retired in 1917 or 1918. The remaining three of ##35, 36, 37, or 38 were written off in 1950.
36	Double Cutter	Mission (Victoria, British Columbia)	1903	108 in. runners. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. For use by superintendent, assistant superintendent, or blacksmith. For disposition, see, Remarks for #35, above.
37	Double Cutter	Ottawa Carriage Co. (Ottawa, Ontario)	1903	108 in. runners. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. For use by superintendent, assistant superintendent, or blacksmith. For disposition, see, Remarks for #35, above.
38	Single Cutter	White Pass	1905	102 in. runners. Cap’y = 2 Psgrs. For disposition, see, Remarks for #35, above.
39	Light Bob Sleigh	McLaughlin Carriage Co. (Oshawa, Ontario)	1905	Articulated 30 in. bobs. Cap’y = 4 Psgrs. & ¼ ton of freight. Written off in 1950.
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41	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. Four of ##41, 43-45, and 47-52 (ten 75 in. bob freight sleighs) were sold in 1909. Two more of ##41, 43-45, and 47-52 were retired in 1917. One more of ##41, 43-45, and 47-52 was sold in 1921. One more of ##41, 43-45, and 47-52 was sold in 1922. The remaining two of ##41, 43-45, and 47-52 were gone in 1925 or 1926.
42	Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 76 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. One of ##42, 46, and the three 76 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1915 was sold in 1919. One more of ##42, 46, the three 76 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1915 was sold in 1921. Two more of ##42, 46, the three 76 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1915 were sold in 1922. The remaining one of ##42, 46, the three 76 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1915 was gone in 1925 or 1926.
43	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
44	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
45	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
46	Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 76 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #42, above.
47	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
48	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
49	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
50	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1901	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
51	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1903	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
52	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs; Body: White Pass	1903	Articulated 75 in. bobs. Cap’y = 3 Psgrs. & 5 tons of freight. For disposition, see, Remarks for #41, above.
53	Logging Sleigh	B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1905	Articulated 76 in. bobs. Sold in 1923.
54	Logging Sleigh	B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1905	Articulated 76 in. bobs. Sold in 1923.
	Perishable Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs	1907	Articulated 75 in. bobs. One of the 75 in. bob perishable sleighs acquired in 1907 was retired in 1918. The remaining 75 in. bob perishable sleigh acquired in 1907 was sold in 1923.
	Perishable Sleigh	Gear: Good Sense Bobs	1907	Articulated 75 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 75 in. bob perishable sleighs acquired in 1907, above.
	Perishable Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana)	1908	Articulated 78 in. bobs. Two of the three 78 in. bob perishable sleighs acquired in 1908 were gone in 1925 or 1926. The remaining 78 in. bob perishable sleigh acquired in 1908 was written off in 1950.
	Perishable Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana)	1908	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob perishable sleighs acquired in 1908, above.
	Perishable Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana)	1908	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob perishable sleighs acquired in 1908, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1909	Articulated 78 in. bobs. One of the five 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1917 was sold in 1922. One more of the five 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1917 was sold in 1924. The remaining three of the five 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired between 1909 & 1917 were gone in 1925 or 1926.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1909	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired in 1909, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Body: White Pass	1909	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for #42, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Body: White Pass	1909	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for #42, above.
	Dalton (light) Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana)	1910	Articulated bobs. Written off in 1950.
74	Heavy Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1911	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For use on Caterpillar® train. Four of the five heavy freight sleighs were gone in 1925 or 1926, and the remaining one was sold in 1929.
	Heavy Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1911	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For use on Caterpillar® train. For disposition, see, Remarks for #74, above.
	Heavy Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1911	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For use on Caterpillar® train. For disposition, see, Remarks for #74, above.
	Heavy Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1911	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For use on Caterpillar® train. For disposition, see, Remarks for #74, above.
	Heavy Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1911	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For use on Caterpillar® train. For disposition, see, Remarks for #74, above.
	Caboose Sleigh		1912	Runners. For use on Caterpillar® train. Sold in 1923.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1915	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired in 1909, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1915	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired in 1909, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Body: White Pass	1915	Articulated 76 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for #42, above.
	Freight Sleigh	Gear: Studebaker Bros. (South Bend, Indiana); Body: White Pass	1917	Articulated 78 in. bobs. For disposition, see, Remarks for 78 in. bob freight sleighs acquired in 1909, above.
	Logging Sleigh	B.F.&H.L. Sweet (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)	1917	Articulated 76 in. bobs. Sold in 1923.

White Pass Horses (at least 1,118 head)
Fiscal Year, July 1 to June 30	No. at Beginning of Fiscal Year (July 1)	No. Purchased during Fiscal Year	Maximum No. during Trail Season (≈ Nov.-Apr.)	No. Sold during Fiscal Year	Died during Fiscal Year	No. at End of Fiscal Year (June 30)
1901-1902	0
1902-1903			(at least 172)
1903-1904			(at least 186)		20
1904-1905			193			123
1905-1906	123	60 (+1 born)	164	55	9	120
1906-1907	120	101	192	29	14	178
1907-1908	178	56	199	39	14	181
1908-1909	181	43	205	51	5	168
1909-1910	168	62	217	27	8	195
1910-1911	195	91	162	148	23	115
1911-1912	115	70	164	50	16	119
1912-1913	119	75	162	75	25	94
1913-1914	94	114	167	30	18	160
1914-1915	160	40	154	29	40	131
1915-1916	131	90	181	22	38	161
1916-1917	161	42	168	13	28	162
1917-1918	162	4	141	4	43	119
1918-1919	119	20	122	24	16	99
1919-1920	99	22	117	74	3	44
1920-1921	44	0	44	43	1	0

White Pass Overland Trail Gasoline Equipment (6 units)
Type	Year Acquired	Remarks
Winton 1909 Model 17 Touring Car	1910	48 hp. Maximum speed ≈ 12 mph. Gone in 1950.
Holt 45 Caterpillar® Tractor^[8]	1911^[8]	Holt serial #1175 (1911).^[8] 45 hp. Holt M-1 engine. Maximum speed ≈ 4 miles per hour. In service in 1938. Unserviceable by 1942. Still existed in 1950. Gone by 1965.
Crawler Tractor	1911^[9]	Built in United Kingdom. Unusable. Wheels frequently came off tracks. Returned to manufacturer in 1912.^[9]
Knox 1912 Model G 2-Ton Stake Truck	1912	45 hp. Gone in 1950.
Knox Automobile	1913	Sold in 1923.
Ford 1912 Model T Torpedo Runabout	1917	22 hp. Gone in 1950.

For the roster of White Pass boats, see, List of steamboats on the Yukon River.

For the roster of White Pass railroad equipment, see, List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars.

Notes

↑ Webb, p. 235
↑ Killick, p. 57
↑ PR Services, Ltd. "Overland Trail", Yukoninfo.com. Accessed March 3, 2009.
↑ Webb, p. 238
1 2 Killick, p. 58
↑ Passenger wagon bodies had thoroughbrace suspension. Freight wagon seats had spring suspension. Freight wagons hauled ore, wood, and feed.
1 2 Stages were renumbered in 1904. The listed number is the 1904-series number.
1 2 3 Holt Mfg. Co. Order #B38707. Holt Production Records 1894-1912, at pp. 126-27, et. seq. Accession #1969.42.354, Haggin Museum Library, Stockton, California. Holt sold no other machines to the White Pass. The statement in Manning (1912), “Motors In the Far North,” 93 The Power Wagon at page 31, that “The Holt caterpillar was purchased in the spring of 1911, equipped with a 60-horsepower engine …” (italics added) is probably not correct.
1 2 Manning, J. C. (1912). “Motors In the Far North,” 93 The Power Wagon at pp. 30-31 (Aug. 1, 1912).

References

Killick, Adam. Racing the White Silence: On the trail of the Yukon Quest. Penguin Global, May 2005.
Webb, Melody. Yukon: The Last Frontier. UBC Press, 1993.
White Pass & Yukon Ry. Directors’ Report to the 30th June (1901-1914), Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis Mercantile Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
White Pass and Yukon Route Comptroller’s Special Report (1907-1924, unpublished), Robert W. Richardson Railroad Library, Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado.
Equipment [White Pass] Mail Service Department as of February 1, 1905 (privately held).
“Winter Mail Service,” The Dawson Record, Vol. 1, No. 23 (Aug. 11, 1903), at page 1.

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