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Home / Society / History / By Region / North America / United States / West / Gold Rushes / Klondike
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- As Precious as Gold - Information on a museum exhibit and history of the Klondike Gold Rush.
www.si.edu/postal/gold
- Before the Klondike Gold Rush - Examines life in the Yukon, which was home to people with a vast trading network long before the arrival of missionaries, fur traders, and goldseekers.
yukonalaska.com/klondike/beforegold.html
- City Rises on Golden Wave - Crowds jammed Seattle's docks, headed for the gold fields of the Yukon River and its tributaries, the region of Alaska and Canada known as the Klondike.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/centennial/january/golden_wave.html
- Gold Fever - From P.B.S.'s "The American Experience." This site provides information about the Klondike Gold Rush.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/gold/index.html
- Klondike Ho! 1897-1997 - Celebration of the Klondike centennial. In August of 1896, on a small branch of the remote Klondike River, three men discovered what would prove to be the largest concentration of gold ever found.
www.wolfenet.com/~yoame/klon
- Letters from the Klondike - Harold Charles Engelson's letters describe what traveling to Klondike cost travelers in time, energy, money, and dreams.
www.island.net/~hme/valdes.html
- Porcupine - Read about the Porcupine Creek gold rush in Alaska in 1898 and why the rush was over in 1905.
www.alaskan.com/docs/porcupine.html
- The Klondike - History of the gold rush in the Yukon including information on how much a plot of land cost before and during the gold rush.
resolutionhost.com/TourYukon/English/klondike/_main.htm
- Threads of Gold - Explores the wide range of experiences of both Alaska native and pioneer women during the Alaska-Klondike gold rush era.
zorba.uafadm.alaska.edu/museum/exhibits/tog/index.html
- Yukon Indians and the Klondike Gold Rush - Examines the life and culture of the native Yukon people and how their lives were impacted by the Klondike Gold Rush.
yukonalaska.com/klondike/indians.html
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - Find out about the Klondike Gold Rush including Skagway, Dyea, and the Chilkoot Trail.
www.nps.gov/klgo/home.htm
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