In 1896, a man by the name of Skookum Jim found gold near the Klondike River in Yukon Territory, Canada. This sparked a gold rush the next year as hopeful miners, known as "stampeders," descended ...

The sky was blue and the weather warm when we explored the town and its shops, walked to the Gold Rush Cemetery and hiked to Lower Reid Falls, still taking advantage of the 18 hours of sunlight.

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The national impact of this time led to the creation of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in 1976. Park representatives said it was established to “preserve in public ownership for ...

The Klondike Gold Rush promised riches but delivered hardship, violence, and broken dreams. From deadly trails to whiskey-fueled chaos, this was Canada’s wild frontier at its most unforgiving.

The Klondike Gold Rush tells the legendary story of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. Over 100,000 people voyage to the far North intent on reaching the Canadian boom-town Dawson City and striking it rich.

In all, perhaps as many as 100,000 prospectors participated in the Klondike Gold Rush. The average member of the stampede traveled around 2,500 miles. Only about half of those 100,000 prospectors ...

The Klondike gold rush ended almost as quickly as it started: The first gold was discovered in 1896, and the majority of the stampeders left by 1898. Today, modern mining operations continue to ...

Parker Schnabel and three friends are following the Klondike trail on Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail. Discovery has a new Friday night hit on their hands, Gold Rush star Parker Schnabel in a new ...

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park unit in Pioneer Square is one of 34 national park office leases the administration plans to shutter, advocates said. Skip to content.

Sure, Seattle was the launching point for the Klondike Gold Rush, the "last grand adventure" of the 19th century. And yes, it was this very newspaper that started the whole stampede to the ...