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.
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The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush“I think she’s certainly up there with significant women who had an impact on Alaska ... junction of the two busiest ...
This finding triggered a veritable gold rush and lured over one hundred thousand adventurers to Dawson City from 1896 to 1899 ... with gold having been discovered in Alaska and other places in Canada ...
During the 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush ... Chilkoot Trail from Alaska; through treacherous rapids where the capital, Whitehorse, now stands; and down the Yukon River to Dawson City and its goldfields.
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