Klondike Gold Rush

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  • Seattle

    For Seattle, the gold rush attracted people from all over the world even after the gold rush ended.

  • Gold in Canada

    Gold was discovered in Canada

  • World get the Truth

    The world gets the news about gold in Yukon

  • the first successful prospectors

    News reached the United States, when the first successful prospectors arrived in Seattle

  • Yukon river closed

    many attempted to leave the rivers of Yukon, during the winter, by dogsled

  • Yukon is made a Territory.

    Yukon is made a Territory.

  • con man dies

    The most famous of the con men was Jefferson Randolph ('Soapy') Smith, dies

  • Dawson no good

    8,000 people deserted Dawson for the beaches of Nome

  • Writings of Jack London based on Gold rush

    Jack londons Call of the wild is published

  • yukons population drops

    The population of Yukon has dropped to just over 4,000 – nearly half of which are of First Nations descent.