©Linda Dawn Hammond 1981
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DAWSON CITY CONTENTS
©Linda Dawn Hammond 1981
This graveyard was one of the
first places I visited when I arrived in Dawson. Many of the wooden
crosses and plaques date back to the terrible winter of 1898, when so
many met their deaths through starvation and disease (and a few
murders, as I recall). At its height, over 20,000 people lived in
Dawson, so the graveyard is larger than one would expect of a small
town. It is quite poignant to read the names, ages, and diverse
origins of these forgotten dreamers. One grave, more elaborate than
the others, is contained within a wrought iron fence. Its worked
metal cross and heart bears the name of a couple. In French it reads,
"They loved each other in this world, and Death did not separate
them.", to which a less romantic soul has added the embellishment
of several bullet holes.