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 ...

In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled ...

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 ...

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 ...

A conman of the late 1890's. He traveled from the Wild West up to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. He is charming and a key member of the Soapy Smith gang in the town of Skagway, Alaska. The role ...

The village of Big Springs was incorporated on May 15, 1917, though it had been connected with the Union Pacific Railroad since a station was established there in 1867. Miriam Simpson did office work ...

January 26, 1896 - Many Nebraskans joined in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. Two years after it began, an issue of the Omaha World-Herald noted two of its employees had gone to the gold fields. In ...