Klondike: The Last Gold Rush

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It’s been called the last great adventure of the 19th Century. In 1896, prospectors in Yukon Territory fished a thumb sized nugget of gold out Rabbit Creek. The find triggered a human tsunami not seen since the days of the California Gold Rush. Across the US, tens of thousands abandoned their homes to take their chances in the northern wilderness. At a time when a city like Seattle might have a population of only forty thousand, one hundred thousand people converged on Klondike, hoping to strike it rich. Instead, what many of them found was death, disease, and destitution.

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Source/Further reading:

Excellent overview of the Gold Rush: https://www.historynet.com/klondike-gold-rush

History Hit podcast on the rush: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dan-snows-history-hit/e/klondike-gold-rush-48087943

Stories of the Gold Rush: https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/stories.htm
Soapy Smith: https://www.historynet.com/soapy-smith-con-mans-empire.htm

History’s take: https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/klondike-gold-rush

Shorter overview: https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/goldrush.htm
All the things that could kill you: https://www.nps.gov/articles/klgo-death.htm

Klondike Kate: https://books.google.ie/books?id=rJQCwqIIhwEC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=klondike+Kathleen+Rockwell&source=bl&ots=i_wS9sX8W2&sig=FWWDEbLOUrP3yHU1f45T2UHbQ0M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GJkIVOy7FZCA7QbdjYDIDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=klondike%20Kathleen%20Rockwell&f=false

Dawson City: http://explorenorth.com/yukon/dawson-history.html

Wyatt Earp in Klondike: https://truewestmagazine.com/wyatt-earps-alaskan-adventure/

California Gold Rush: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxgdd
https://www.thoughtco.com/going-to-california-49ers-gold-rush-3893676

Nome gold rush: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/nome.html

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