It read "Gold, Gold, Gold - A Ton of Gold." Few prospectors made it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush. By the time most gold-seekers reached the region, the richest riverbeds had already been ...
In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian district near the Alaska border, with cameras in tow. He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush.
Getting to the Klondike gold fields in 1897 required astonishing ... “She really loomed large in the history of Dawson City,” says Angharad Wenz, director of the Dawson City Museum, adding ...
The search for gold has had a profound affect on the history of North America ... The last great gold rush took place in the Klondike in 1897. The 100 thousand Americans who traveled there ...
Dan Snow leads a team of adventurers on an epic journey across the Canadian wilderness, following in the footsteps of the 19th-century Klondike gold rush. Their mission? To find their own gold.
Following a shot of a newspaper that outlines the hardships of living in the Klondike, there are scenes a typical Klondike town, of people on a raft, and of people mining for gold.