Klondike City was a Klondike gold rush era settlement on the outskirts of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. It was renowned for prostitution. The area is mentioned in Jack London's novel White Fang. O'Brien Brewing and Malting Company was located in Klondike City. It was majority owned by Thomas W. O’Brien, who was also a landowner.[1]
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Also known as White Chapel the area had cribs where prostitution took place. The area was also nicknamed Louse Town.[2]
History
editBefore the gold rush the area was a Native Alaskan Hän settlement called Trochutin.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "T.W. O'Brien: The Klondike's great industrialist". 2014-06-20.
- ^ "Klondike City, or ""Lousetown"", across the Klondike River from Dawson, Yukon Territory, September 16, 1898".
- ^ Adney, Tappan (1899). "The Klondike stampede".
- ^ "Harper's Magazine". Harper's Magazine Foundation. 21 December 2018 – via Google Books.
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