Leaving Skagway we stop at the Cemetery to visit the Grave of Jefferson (Soapie ) Smith. Jefferson earned the nick name soapie. This was due to an incident in which he conned lots of people out of their hard earned cash. Soapie claimed that his Soap was a magic cure for just about everything and also claimed that they would also get 10, 20 or even a 100 times their investment. The most anyone made on his scheme was one dollar,but Soapie cleaned up with all their money.
Soapie's most famous con
Soapie moved to skagway after the Soap incident and graduated to more sophisticated scams,such as providing a telegraph line that went no where and charging People five dollars to send and receive telegrams on a telegraph line that did not exist.
Soapies Demise
Soapie died at only 38 years of age in a shoot out with Frank Reid. Reid was a big man around town and hence the huge monument in the cemetery depicted here. Frank Reid however was just as much a scoundrel
as Soapie and once pleaded Self defence to shooting an unarmed man in the back.
Soapie as depicted in the show "Days of 98" telling the story of Soapie's antics and demise.
Our Journey today took us once again into Canada. We crossed the border into Canada and Yukon territory
near Fraser Lake,which is where our train terminated. We encounter Bove Island and then some of the most
amazing lakes near Carcross.
Around a bend and we encounter the beautiful Bove Island
Nares lake had water like Glass,which provided this amazing mirror effect of the surrounding hills and trees.
Emerald Lake
We drove on into British Columbia and this afforded us the most Beautiful Scenery that we have scene.
Bright Yellow Autumn Colors and Fireweed Prinson. This was set against Snow and Glacier Capped Mountains.
We drive back over the Border into the United States to conclude today's traveling at Haines.
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