In his 1959 book “Friendly Feudin’: Alaska vs. Texas,” Texan humorist Boyce House declared, “The most famous event in the history of Alaska was the Klondike gold rush. And the Klondike isn ...

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.

Gold Rush Alaska and the Klondike are brought alive in a new book by Howard Bluhm. The lives and thoughts of Soapy Smith, George Carmacks and others are re-constructed from their personal papers ...

Reporting from SKAGWAY, Alaska — Summer days are endless here. I opened my eyes to sunlight streaming in my hotel window before 4 a.m. It didn’t disappear until after 10 p.m., leaving more ...

Although the first Klondike discovery was made in 1896, the year 1998 will mark the centennial of the peak of the Klondike Gold Rush, when more than 60,000 Americans made the arduous journey to ...

By the summer of 1899, there were rumours about another gold rush in Nome, Alaska. Within a week, half of Dawson emptied. The Klondike Gold Rush had run its course.

Klondike fever was rampant in Elmira in January, February, and March 1898. Local folks from all over New York and Pennsylvania were bound for Alaska. We wanted GOLD. It was the 1849 gold rush all ...