Ketchikan - September 4th

This is a lovely little town that was a haven for sailors.  The red-light district was built over a Creek and did agreat business until World War II.  In fact, they had a "going out of business" sale, at that time.  The town had a path called the "Married Man's Path" where committed males would leave the saloon and take a back way to the creek houses.

The town had a museum/library which was adorable and had a plethora of pictures of the pioneers and founding fathers.  It also had Native Tlingit (sounded out - Clink-it) totems.  The little town has the largest collection of totems in the world and the largest population (per capita) of natives in Alaska.

We watched the poor salmon try to swim upstream....what troopers.  The town was very small and covered in a short time.  There are many jewelry shops in each of the towns. .....gold, diamonds and tanzanites are the favorites.  But there are too many and souvenir shops abound.