Local histories of a Native village known as Klucktoo say it was destroyed by a mudslide in the 1890s and abandoned, but a recent review of historic records suggests it remained inhabited until at least 1919.

Also, an 1895 photograph of undetermined origin shows a settlement at present-day 19 Mile Haines Highway with as many as 50 structures, contrasting with historic information describing it as having eight or 10 houses.

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