Klondike gold rush
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Its people, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, were displaced after the Klondike gold rush brought nearly 17,000 new settlers.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
As scarce as born-and-bred Washingtonians have become in Seattle, it still can’t compare to the Klondike gold rush days, when hardly anyone was from here.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2019
The next year, Earp chased the Klondike gold rush to Alaska where he found success as a saloon owner.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2015
He made a name for himself in Alaska, during the Klondike gold rush, and his owner, Thornton, was envied by all the miners in that land where dogs take the place of horses.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
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