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.
Its golden hue is the reason for both the cocktail's color and name: It's allegedly named the Alaska as a reference to the Klondike Gold Rush. The cocktail came to be toward the beginning of the ...
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.
Even today, Alaska has little by way of highways or ... Born from the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass Scenic Railway hugs sheer cliffs and rugged ridges, and winds through pine ...
during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City was home to more than 18,000 souls. Most of them men, and most of those miners trying to strike it rich. Bypassed by the Alaska Highway and ...