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  1. Klondike Gold Rush ‑ Definition, Map & Facts

    Bettmann /Getty Images. The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after ...

  2. Klondike Gold Rush

    Within 10 days, 1,500 persons departed Seattle for the gold fields. The rush was on. This essay made possible by: Joshua Green Foundation. Gold prospectors and supplies outside of merchant Cooper & Levy, Seattle, ca. 1897 ... 1957, Pictorial Review, p. 2; Pierre Berton, Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 (Toronto: MaCLelland and ...

  3. What Was the Klondike Gold Rush?

    National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, KLGO Library SS-32-10566. Stampeders faced their greatest hardships on the Chilkoot Trail out of Dyea and the White Pass Trail out of Skagway. There were murders and suicides, disease and malnutrition, and deaths from hypothermia, avalanche, and possibly even heartbreak.

  4. Klondike Gold Rush

    The Klondike Gold Rush [n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain.

  5. Klondike gold rush

    Klondike gold rush, Canadian gold rush of the late 1890s. Gold was discovered on Aug. 17, 1896, near the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers in western Yukon territory. By 1897 up to 30,000 prospectors had arrived in the newly created towns of Skagway and Dyea, jumping-off points to the Canadian goldfields several hundred miles away. Many of the seekers died from malnutrition ...

  6. The Klondike Gold Rush

    The Klondike Gold Rush. Dawson Sled team. On August 16, 1896 Yukon-area Indians Skookum Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie, along with Seattleite George Carmack found gold in Rabbit Creek, near Dawson, in the Yukon region of Canada. The creek was promptly renamed Bonanza Creek, and many of the locals started staking claims.

  7. Klondike Gold Rush 1896-1899

    Klondike a tributary of the Yukon River, in Yukon Territory, NW Canada, which rises in the Ogilvie mountains and flows 160 km (100 miles) westwards to join the Yukon at Dawson.It gave its name to the surrounding region, which became famous when gold was found in nearby Bonanza Creek in 1896. In the ensuing gold rush of 1897-8 thousands settled in the area to mine gold and the town of Dawson ...

  8. Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush summary: The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region between 1896 and 1899. It's also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Last Great Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush. Gold was discovered in many rich deposits along the Klondike River in 1896, but due to the ...

  9. Klondike Gold Rush

    The discovery of gold in the Yukon in 1896 led to a stampede to the Klondike region between 1897 and 1899. This led to the establishment of Dawson City (1896) and subsequently, the Yukon Territory (1898). The Klondike gold rush solidified the public's image of the North as more than a barren wasteland and left a body of literature that has ...

  10. Klondike Gold Rush begins on July 17, 1897.

    On July 17, 1897, at 6 a.m., the steamship. Portland. arrives in Seattle from Alaska with 68 miners and a cargo of "more than a ton of solid gold" from the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. This marks the beginning of a massive rush to the goldfields of Canada, and a period of prosperity in King County that will last more ...

  11. The Klondike Gold Rush

    The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush (Seattle, 2003). ... from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce's secretary to Seattle businessmen urging them and their employees to write to papers and friends around the country pushing Seattle as the best outfitting place for Alaska. 10.

  12. Call of the Wild The Klondike Gold Rush

    In July of 1897 a two ships docked in San Francisco and Seattle carrying bags of gold discovered in the Yukon territory of Alaska. The United States was experiencing an economic recession, and many men were out of work. For men desperate for work and money, the news of gold free for the taking was like dropping a match in a hayloft.

  13. Klondike Gold Rush Essays

    Klondike Gold Rush Essay The Klondike Gold Rush was a hard time for the miners. Many of them set out on a dangerous route to find nothing in the end. The two passages and the one video tell about the gold rush very well, from different point of views.

  14. Klondike Gold Rush Essay

    During the Klondike Gold Rush (1896 to 1899), the Chilkoot Trail operated as the main transportation route into Canada's interior. The Chilkoot Trail was the most direct, popular, and least expensive compared to other overland routes to reach Dawson City in the Yukon.

  15. Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North

    Gold!" sent over 100,000 optimistic "stampeders" rushing to Dawson City and the Klondike gold fields in 1897 and 1898. They believed riches lay waiting for those who could reach this remote Canadian region. This exhibit highlights their journey north. For most, this journey was the most challenging and time-consuming aspect of the gold rush.

  16. Park Archives: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park / Chilkoot

    The Klondike Gold Rush brought together thousands of people. Few found gold, but many shared in a remarkable journey. For the lure of gold many risked all, even their lives, to be part of it. ... The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay/1897-1899 Pierre Berton 1997. cover only. Gold at Fortymile Creek: Early Days in the Yukon Michael Gates 1997 ...

  17. Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest

    Document 17: Florence James Calls George Hewitt a Liar. Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington (Seattle Post-Intelligencer collection, no negative number [filed under Mrs. Burton James, 1948]).

  18. KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH By Anonymous

    1 The Klondike gold rush began in July of 1897 when two ships docked in San Francisco and Seattle carrying miners returning from the Yukon with bags of gold. The press was alerted and papers carried the story to the masses. 2 Soon, miners of all shapes and sizes, called "stampeders," were on their way to the gold fields. Within six months ...

  19. Gold Rush

    Alaska's gold rush began in 1896-97 when gold was discovered in the Klondike in Canada's Yukon Territory. Lured by the hopes of quick riches, thousands of prospectors streamed through the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, demanding goods and services. With the best gold fields claimed by 1898, many began searching in Alaska. Major strikes occurred in Nome in 1898 and near Fairbanks in 1902.

  20. The Klondike Gold Rush In William Robert Morrison's Eldorado

    For example, the economical trade mentioned in this Gold Rush changed the economy in Alaska and the United States. Also, the harsh environments documented by prospectors allowed future generations to realize the difficulty and fraud of the Gold rush, consequently causing the Klondike Gold Rush to be known as "The Last Great Gold Rush."

  21. Klondike Gold Rush Jack London (318 words)

    The Klondike Gold Rush, a pivotal event in the late 19th century, marked a significant chapter in the history of North America. This rush for gold in the Yukon region of Canada attracted thousands of fortune seekers from all walks of life, including the renowned American author, Jack London.

  22. People standing by pack sleigh; Klondike Gold Rush

    Reproduction of early slides of gold rush in 1898; souvenirs from visit to Yukon in 1958. People standing by pack sleigh; Klondike Gold Rush - MemorySask Log in

  23. Klondike Solitaire

    The term Klondike traces its history back to the gold rush of the late 1890s. Gold was discovered in the northwest region of Canada, or the Klondike area of the Yukon territory, which triggered a rush of miners from the west coast of the United States. It was a grueling journey where miners would have to carry over a year's worth of food supplies.