Klondike: The Last Gold Rush
Check my other channel Biographics! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ It’s been called the last great adventure of the 19th Century. In 1896, prospectors in Yukon Territory fished a thumb sized nugget of gold out Rabbit Creek. The find triggered a human tsunami not seen since the days of the California Gold Rush. Across the US, tens of thousands abandoned their homes to take their chances in the northern wilderness. At a time when a city like Seattle might have a population of only forty thousand, one hundred thousand people converged on Klondike, hoping to strike it rich. Instead, what many of them found was death, disease, and destitution. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M. Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: Excellent overview of the Gold Rush: https://www.historynet.com/klondike-gold-rush History Hit podcast on the rush: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dan-snows-history-hit/e/klondike-gold-rush-48087943 Stories of the Gold Rush: https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/stories.htm Soapy Smith: https://www.historynet.com/soapy-smith-con-mans-empire.htm History’s take: https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/klondike-gold-rush Shorter overview: https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/goldrush.htm All the things that could kill you: https://www.nps.gov/articles/klgo-death.htm Klondike Kate: https://books.google.ie/books?id=rJQCwqIIhwEC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=klondike+Kathleen+Rockwell&source=bl&ots=i_wS9sX8W2&sig=FWWDEbLOUrP3yHU1f45T2UHbQ0M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GJkIVOy7FZCA7QbdjYDIDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=klondike%20Kathleen%20Rockwell&f=false Dawson City: http://explorenorth.com/yukon/dawson-history.html Wyatt Earp in Klondike: https://truewestmagazine.com/wyatt-earps-alaskan-adventure/ California Gold Rush: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxgdd https://www.thoughtco.com/going-to-california-49ers-gold-rush-3893676 Nome gold rush: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/nome.html
