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Photos of the Pioneer Cemetery at Skagway, Alaska

Pioneer Cemetery at Skagway, Alaska
Walter C. McKenzie
1859-1917

Robert D. McKenzie
1892-1917

On August 28, 1917, WP&YR Engineer Walter Collin McKenzie and his son, fireman Robert Daniel "Bert" McKenzie, were killed when locomotive #68 was hit by a large boulder at MP 15.5 and toppled into the canyon.

This photograph is © 2017 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.
Grave of Walter C. McKenzie and Robert D. McKenzie in the Pioneer Cemetery at Skagway, Alaska



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