Gerry Fuchway talks about the panel of speakers and introduces Oscar Selmer. Oscar Selmer talks about his personal background, being resourceful and inventive in Skagway, Moe's Frontier Bar, his father working as a barber, his sister finding a piece of wood originally carved by their uncle on Tickletoe Mountain, and getting into trouble as a boy in Skagway. Edie Lee talks about her parents coming to Skagway, her mother raising six children after her father died, her husband working for the White Pass railroad, operating a beauty shop, and her children and grandchildren. Tom Mulvihill talks about making boats when he was a child, the loop track and turntable, volunteers in the fire department, WWII in Skagway, operation of the railway by the military during the war, use of rotary snowplows to keep the tracks clear of snow, and the town medical clinic. Ernie and Marian Kelm talk about the Tlingits, Chilkoot and Chilkat Passes, The Athabaskans coming down to trade and paying a percentage of their trade, potlatches, marriage law, Tlingits and slavery, clans, those who died in battle being held in high honor, cutting wood, speaking Tlingit, Ernie's adoption by the Tlingit, a story about picking berries and a bear, justice in Tlingit society, and a story about mosquitoes. The panel discusses keeping the town population small, the railroad, seasonal employment, and tourism.