Here a family drags all of its belongings into the Yukon Territory near Alaska in 1898. This must have been the granddad of Petey the dog from Our Gang.

And here’s a happy pack dog with his gold-prospecting owner in the Yukon Territory a few years later. He gets to carry the pots and pans.

This group of dogs in Dawson City in the Yukon was responsible for carrying mail in 1898.

Wow! Dogs really are man’s best friend.