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AK - Dawson,c1908 - L. Briar's Cigar Store Token *Territorial*

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AK - Dawson,c1908 - L. Briar's Cigar Store Token *Territorial*
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L. Briar's/ Cigar/ Store/ Dawson, Y.T. Named after Canadian geologist George M. Dawson, the townsite was founded by Joseph Ladue in 1897. The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896, the camp grew to 40,000 people by 1898, by 1899 the gold rush was over, and the population plummeted to about 8,000. When Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902, the population was under 5,000.