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, ...

There is a modern day “Gold Rush” taking place in the Yukon. Gold and Silver in the Yukon is far from a new story, its beginnings date back to the early 1800s. The Yukon has exacted a steep price on ...

The capital city of one of Canada's northernmost territories is a surprisingly modern community of nearly 35,000 year-round residents that offers high-end dining and shopping and serves as the ...

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 ...

At head of title: Alaska Gold Rush centennial. "This publication is a companion volume to the exhibition Gold Fever in the North held May 8-November 9, 1997 at the ...

A town in Yukon, Canada, provides the perfect balance of wilderness without overwhelming crowds with a tour that takes you to all the hot spots in one day.

The Yukon gold rush really began in early July of 1897, when a ship docked in Seattle, Washington. The local press had broadcast to the world that miners returning from Alaska were toting “bags of ...