{"product_id":"skagway-alaska-holiday-ornament-soapy-smiths-soap","title":"Skagway Alaska Holiday Ornament - Soapy Smith's Soap","description":"\u003c!-- Skagway Alaska Holiday Ornament - Soapy Smith\u0026#x27;s Soap | Version: R4.3SP FINAL | 2026-10-13 | What changed: GKP keyword layer added over the pre-GKP mini hub (keyword paragraph, keywords meta, article:tag x6, BreadcrumbList + FAQPage x3); five paragraphs, buttons and charity link unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- GKP 408: R1 7\/24 (29.2%); R2 4\/24 (16.7%); two-run 11\/48 (22.9%) | Keywords meta: 11 measured | Embedded in visible text: 6 | article:tag x6 | Store tags unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- IP Clean: town name and Merlin art only; no business, team or brand marks | Content audit: PASS (buttons full width, labels one line, charity linked, local spellings as entities) --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.mc-orn{max-width:100%;}.mc-orn p{margin:0 0 1em 0;line-height:1.6;}.mc-orn a{color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn{display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;padding:13px 16px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#F0EAD6;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.03em;border-radius:4px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn:hover{background:#E6DEC4;}.mc-orn .mc-spec{font-weight:600;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-orn\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"mc-btn\" href=\"\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\"\u003eOther Town \u0026amp; Animal Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cake of soap wrapped in a hundred-dollar-bill band, on a saloon counter beside a tin cup and a lantern. Skagway's most famous con, with a sprig of evergreen for the season.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the gold-rush Skagway of 1898, Soapy Smith sold bars of soap on the street with the promise that some wrappers hid bills up to a hundred dollars. His own men in the crowd won every time. Soapy ran the town's rackets, the saloons and a fair share of its politics until a vigilante shot him on the wharf that July. The soap racket gave him his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkagway tells the story on every walking tour, half appalled and half fond. The town has a parlor named for him and a wake held every year on the anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA con man's soap is a strange thing to hang on a tree, which is why a Skagway family would. The red berry on the sprig is the holiday touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoapy Smith ran Skagway in the Klondike Gold Rush, selling bars of soap that never held the prize. This gold rush ornament is an Alaska ornament and Skagway souvenir, a piece of Skagway gold rush history and Soapy Smith history for the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-spec\"\u003e3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Skagway ornament ships ready to give, and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e. 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