Klondike Gold Rush
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Frontier, Pioneers, Immigration, Immigrants
- Curriculum: Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada
- Date: August 17, 1896
Article abstract: Gold fever sparks a new wave of settlers in the northern territory.
Summary of Event
In August of 1896, a whoop and holler shattered the silence of the Klondike Valley. “Gold!” shouted George “Siwash” Carmack, his wife, Kate Mason Carmack, and his two Indian companions, Tagish Charlie and “Skookum” Jim Mason. Their exclamations echoed through the Yukon, into Alaska, and rippled eventually down into the lower forty-eight states by way of Seattle, where a ship delivered the largest shipment of gold dust ever handled at that...
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