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The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
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Soapy Smith
American con artist and gangster (1860–1898)
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Shootout on Juneau Wharf
1898 gunfight between American gangsters in Skagway, Alaska
The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight between Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank H. Reid, and Jesse Murphy that took place on Friday, July 8, 1898, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. Smith was shot in the heart and died…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Skagway, Alaska
Consolidated city-borough in Alaska, United States
The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large number of summer tourists each year.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)