It read "Gold, Gold, Gold - A Ton of Gold." Few prospectors made it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush. By the time most ... Adney described the crush of people. "It is a motley throng -- every ...

The last great gold rush took place in the Klondike in 1897 ... prospectors and the diseases they brought decimated the native people. Once again, the discovery of gold was a mixed blessing ...

This weekend will mark 125 years since the arrival of the steamship PORTLAND with its cargo of gold on the Seattle waterfront – which signaled the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. That event ...

Rainy and cold! The gold rush was so furious in Seattle that hundreds of people left right away and even the Mayor left town, headed up the Klondike to try and make a fortune.” Banel said the ...