“Hollywood on the Klondike” shows how Dawson transitioned from boomtown to established community through the entertainment consumed by residents.
In 1978, Michael Gates was a young museum conservator living in Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory when he encountered Frank Barrett, a local alderman and deputy mayor. Barrett had been overseeing a crew excavating ground beneath a recently demolished ice rink. There, a backhoe pulled up a load of dirt containing a metal box. Work stopped as the contents were examined. It was packed with old black-and-white movie reels, dating back to as early as 1917.
Gates begins with a tidy summary of the events that led to the last great gold rush. It’s familiar territory for many readers, but it never gets old. The town sprung from nothing within months of the precious metal’s 1896 discovery on what became known as Bonanza Creek. Initially, only miners already in the north clustered along the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers, but by 1898 thousands were arriving from the south.
Gates also introduces us to many of the performers who graced those stages during the town’s earliest years. The Newman Children, already veterans of Skagway theater, were brought there by their parents in the summer of 1898, quickly becoming a popular act. Ten-year-old Margie danced, sang, and acted while patrons showered her with coins and gold nuggets . Versatile performer Cad Wilson wooed men from the stage with her singing, acting, wardrobe, and suggestive routines.
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