Final resting place - The steamer Eliza Anderson, which had plied the treacherous northern waters since 1883 is shown beached at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, where she eventually broke up. The boys from ...
The California Gold Rush is well known and much studied but the Alaskan Gold Rush is far less talked about. In his new book The Floor of Heaven, bestselling author Howard Blum tells the story of the ...
How locals saw the Yukon Gold rush, and why Fairbanks, Alaska was named after a young “gold adventurer” from Petaluma. In Petaluma, during the Christmas Season of 1897, Sweed’s Great Bargain House, ...
Klondike fever was rampant in Elmira in January, February, and March 1898. Local folks from all over New York and Pennsylvania were bound for Alaska. We wanted GOLD. It was the 1849 gold rush all over ...
Join me on an unforgettable gold digging adventure in Alaska, exploring the historic sites of Ketchikan, Skagway, and Juneau.
Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...
Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...
The Koyukuk River doesn’t loom large in gold rush era histories of Alaska, though not for lack of effort. As would-be prospectors flooded into Alaska and the Yukon following the 1896 Klondike gold ...
At the far end of civilization, America's immense and untamed northern frontier only accepts the hardiest of adventurers. The 49th state's 663,000 square miles of wilderness are intimidating to ...