Gold dust - measured on scales - was one form of currency in the booming town of Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 1900s. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada ...
In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian district near the Alaska border, with cameras in tow. He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush.
Only 26 when she opened the hotel in July of 1898, in two short years she’d come to be known as the richest woman in the ...
From Gold Rush-era settlements to national park gateways, these quaint Alaskan towns are worth a visit. Nearly everyone loves ...
Dawson City is a town of 2,400, known for being the heart of the historic Klondike Gold Rush that began in 1896. It is the second-largest municipality in the Yukon, a Canadian territory that ...
Dan Snow follows in the footsteps of the prospectors of the 19th-century Klondike gold rush. The team finally set about the back-breaking work of mining for gold. Show more Historian Dan Snow ...