At the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, 150 businesses were established in Dyea, Alaska including 48 Hotels and 2 Hospitals. By 1903, Dyea's population was a mere 3. A visit to Dyea today reveals a thriving forest growing over the ghosts o...
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Of the 120,000 stampeders who started for the gold fields, around 40,000 arrived in the Klondike region, most of them via the Chilkoot Trail.
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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.
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www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm
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A brief background of the Klondike gold rush which includes selected images and texts from the UW Libraries Special Collections Division. ... Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North...
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www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/klondike/
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News of this claim precipitated the phenomenon of the Klondike Gold Rush. Seeing the Klondike as glowing opportunity in what had been a bleak decade, over 100,000 men and women set out for the Yukon. The gold rush only lasted until 1899, but its legacy changed the Yukon forever.
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www.acpo.on.ca/claude/klondike/klondi-a.htm
www.acpo.on.ca/claude/klondike/klondi-a.htm
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Gold Fever - follow the thousands of prospectors who streamed into the Yukon in search of fortune. ... ABOUT THE PROGRAM | GREETINGS FROM THE KLONDIKE | WHAT THEY BROUGHT ALONG | TEACHER'S GUIDE; READ MORE LEARN MORE | web credits | program transcript ... Gold Fever (image map with 13 selections)
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold/
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this helped me so much with my klondike gold rush research report!! thank you so much for taking the time to make this website!! ~~emily ... Add 'Klondike Gold Rush' to digg ... Add 'Klondike Gold Rush' to Stumble Upon...
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www.historynet.com/klondike-gold-rush.htm
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