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Most of those who came to the Klondike Gold Rush didn’t see Dawson as a
permanent home. The dwellings they built on the hillsides were roughly
built cabins or wall tents, constructed to give immediate shelter but
not intended to last. |
Dawson, Y. T. Databases |
As the population fell Dawson shrank in toward the downtown flat,
where drainage ditches and improved sanitation had made it a much more
desirable place to live.
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