Rocks and Ladders (37)
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 28:10-22
During the Klondike Goldrush a horde of ‘‘prospecting migrants, known as stampeders, left their hometowns for the Canadian Yukon Territory and then Alaska after gold was discovered there in 1896. The thought of striking it rich led over 100,000 people from all walks of life to abandon their homes and embark on a lengthy, life-threatening journey across treacherous icy valleys and rocky terrain while hauling a literal ton of supplies. Most had no idea where they were going or what they’d face along the way.’’
For the first leg of the journey, well-stocked stampeders traveled to port cities in the Pacific Northwest and boarded boats headed north to the Alaskan town of Skagway which took them to the White Pass Trail (nicknamed the Dead Horse trail), or Dyea which took them to the Chilkoot Trail’’
It was here the pack animals had to be abandoned as the stampeders were forced to carry their supplies the rest of the way which required making ‘‘several trips up and down an over ½ mile frozen slope which included 1,500 steps carved of snow and ice known as the ‘‘golden staircase.’’ It was here many ‘‘daunted, prospectors gave up and headed home.’’ Many died or were injured. Only about 30,000 of the 100,000 people made it to their destination beyond the ‘‘Golden Staircase,’’ and very few those who did found the success and riches they hoped. (History.com)
Throughout history, even into our current day, mankind has been building and climbing different types of staircases with the hopeful expectation of finding something better, whether it be gold and riches like those stampeders, or something less material but just as enticing like power, fame, unbridled pleasure, or something more noble like contentment, peace, absolution, salvation or immortality of some kind.
Those who set out in search of those things, hoping to find them under the sun, in this life, apart from God, like the stamped ...
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 28:10-22
During the Klondike Goldrush a horde of ‘‘prospecting migrants, known as stampeders, left their hometowns for the Canadian Yukon Territory and then Alaska after gold was discovered there in 1896. The thought of striking it rich led over 100,000 people from all walks of life to abandon their homes and embark on a lengthy, life-threatening journey across treacherous icy valleys and rocky terrain while hauling a literal ton of supplies. Most had no idea where they were going or what they’d face along the way.’’
For the first leg of the journey, well-stocked stampeders traveled to port cities in the Pacific Northwest and boarded boats headed north to the Alaskan town of Skagway which took them to the White Pass Trail (nicknamed the Dead Horse trail), or Dyea which took them to the Chilkoot Trail’’
It was here the pack animals had to be abandoned as the stampeders were forced to carry their supplies the rest of the way which required making ‘‘several trips up and down an over ½ mile frozen slope which included 1,500 steps carved of snow and ice known as the ‘‘golden staircase.’’ It was here many ‘‘daunted, prospectors gave up and headed home.’’ Many died or were injured. Only about 30,000 of the 100,000 people made it to their destination beyond the ‘‘Golden Staircase,’’ and very few those who did found the success and riches they hoped. (History.com)
Throughout history, even into our current day, mankind has been building and climbing different types of staircases with the hopeful expectation of finding something better, whether it be gold and riches like those stampeders, or something less material but just as enticing like power, fame, unbridled pleasure, or something more noble like contentment, peace, absolution, salvation or immortality of some kind.
Those who set out in search of those things, hoping to find them under the sun, in this life, apart from God, like the stamped ...
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