White Pass And Yukon Route Reproduction, The

Facsimile produced exclusively for Murdoch\'s Gem Shop, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. This deck is a reproduction of one of four different decks which were made for the White Pass & Yukon Train Route. There are 52 cards, each featuring an oval photo scene from along the route, and one Table of Distances card with a map of the route on the reverse. Included is a leaflet telling the story of the times. In the year 1898 the greatest gold rush the world has ever seen took place. It has been estimated that 100,000 people worldwide started out, and 30,000 of them actually reached Dawson City. To accomodate the gold seekers White Pass built a 110 mile narrow gauge railaroad, that had been called impossible, through the 3,000 foot high White Pass in the coastal mountains. Two years later a fleet of sternwheel river boats were added to the transportation system and the playing cards reproduced here were provided to the passengers. Ace of Hearts - shows the arrival of the first passenger train at the summit on Feb. 20, 1899. King of Hearts - shows the stop at \'Clifton\'. Queen of Hearts - shows the train on the \'Trestle over Glacier Gorge at Tunnel\'. Jack of Hearts - shows the train \'Near the Tunnel\'. Ace of Clubs - shows a train car underneath the \'Hanging Rocks of Clifton\'. King of Clubs - shows the \'First Passenger Train Over Summit\', Feb. 20, 1899. Train stopped on trestle before entering tunnel. Queen of Clubs - shows \'East Fork from Rocky Point\'. Jack of Clubs - shows a scene of men working on the railroad. Ace of Diamonds - shows \'A stop\' at the summit with passengers waiting to board. King of Diamonds - shows the train \'Approaching Skagway\'. Queen of Diamonds - shows a view leaving the tunnel, \'Looking South from Tunnel\'. Jack of Diamonds - shows the train stopped at \"rocky Point\'. The Ace of Spades - shows the train with two steam engines with the caption \'White Pass and Yukon Express\'. It is in black and white. King of Spades - shows the train on a trestle with the caption \'Among the Clouds\'. Queen of Spades - shows the train with a flatcar of early sightseers with the caption