As many women did, Belinda Mulrooney made her fortune from the men and not the mines of the Gold Rush Era. As you walk the streets of Skagway (no, she didn't, the soiled doves were never allowed on anything but the back streets of the town) stop by the bronze bust dedicated to her. Belinda used her shrewd wits to become what in today's terms would have been a multi-millionairess. When she used some of her money to build a hotel a bit from town people laughed at her. But she built it a comfortable distance to where the miners were seeking, finding and it seems willing to spend their gold. And considering that time away from their stake was money lost, her establishment proved this was one smart lady!
Sadly, Belinda proved herself to be the proverbial "whore with the heart of gold" and ended up a victim herself.
Don't miss the chance to find out about her life as you watch the "fancy-dressed" ladies drive tour cars by in the streets of Skagway.