KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH Hikers on the Chilkoot Trail: A Descriptive Report

We received the assistance and cooperation of many people while undertaking this study of hikers on the Chilkoot Trail. Of course, the good nature and cooperation of the 1,516 hikers we contacted on the Trail was indispensable. We wish to express our thanks to them for giving of their time to be questioned. Others to whom we wish to extend our special thanks are:

Bruce Harvey, Parks Canada:
for his permission to undertake the study; for providing the excellent living arrangements at Lindeman for the field workers.

Tom Ritter, National Park Service:
for his permission to undertake the study.

Eric Greenwood, Manfred Hedgecock, Christine Jones, David Tilden, Parks Canada patrolmen:
for sharing their living space at Lindeman with the field workers; for their assistance in contacting hikers regarding the study.

Phil Koehl, Doug Sanvik, National Park Service rangers:
for their Sheep Camp hospitality; for their assistance in contacting hikers regarding the study.

John Murphy, Shirley Scott:
for their editorial assistance.

Dave Webb:
for recording incoming questionnaires and sending-out reminders to non-respondents; for his typing assistance.

Anna Plager, Mildred Shaw, Joan Zerbs, Charlotte Arthur:
for their typing assistance.

Tobiatha Tucker:
for her coding efforts.

Staff of the Division of Finance, Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the National Park Service:
for their keypunching efforts.

Steve Ferguson, Dan Germain:
for their computer programming efforts.

Barbara Graves, Nancy O'Brien:
for their graphics.

Gordon Bultena:
for his helpful Ideas.

Our sincere thanks to all these persons and to those whom we are unable to mention by name for their helpful assistance. The study of hikers on the Chilkoot Trail was truly a cooperative endeavor.