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SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8410
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/31/97.
Proclaiming
the year commencing July 1997, as Klondike Gold Rush Centennial Year.
WHEREAS,
At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of July 17, 1897, the S.S. Portland steamed
into Seattle from St. Michael, Alaska, through Puget Sound with more than a ton
of gold on board; and
WHEREAS,
News of gold in Canada's Yukon captured the imagination of the world turning a
sleepy frontier town on Puget Sound into the "gateway to the
Klondike" making it, for the time, the liveliest town in America; and
WHEREAS,
The city of Seattle and the surrounding region owe their growth to the gold
rush fever brought on by the Klondike gold rush of 1897-1898 which brought tens
of thousands of people to the far north corner of the United States; and
WHEREAS,
On July 19, 1997, the Spirit of '98 will reenact the arrival of the S.S.
Portland one hundred years and two days after the original landing, an
effort begun two years ago by the board of directors of the Klondike Centennial
Committee of Washington, together with the Klondike Centennial Committee of Alaska,
the Office of the Secretary of State, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and
private business who are also working on a variety of other events and
activities; and
WHEREAS,
The Klondike Centennial celebration activities are being coordinated by the Klondike
Centennial Committees of Alaska, British Columbia, the Yukon, and Washington to
ensure the recognition of a significant event in the history of the United
States and Canada;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the state of Washington, the House
of Representatives concurring, That "The Rush is On," and, in honor
of our forbearers, pioneers whose toughness, tenacity, and spirit of adventure
have come to characterize the Evergreen State, the year commencing July 1997,
is proclaimed the "Klondike Gold Rush Centennial Year"; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be
immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the Office of the
Secretary of State, the Klondike Centennial Committee of Washington, the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and each of the Klondike Centennial Committees of
Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
