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 ...

People did crazy things to survive, in part because the Panic of 1893 still stalked a ...

The Klondike Gold Rush visitor center tells how the steamer Portland brought 68 miners from Alaska into the Seattle harbor. They were bearing gold and the rush was on.

For the Gold Rush “stampeders” of 1898, the goal was to travel the trails from Skagway, Alaska, to the Yukon Territory to reach the riches of newly discovered gold fields.

"Gold Rush in the Klondike," written at the turn of the 20th century, tells the first person story of the gold-seeking exploits of the author’s family in Sign Out Sign In ...

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 ...

Discovery's miniseries 'Klondike' relies on the usual tools — big names (Sam Shepard, Richard Madden), majestic scenery and realism — to tell its tale of the Yukon gold rush, Jack London included.

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.