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Klondike gold rush

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  1. A rush of thousands of people in the 1890s toward the Klondike gold mining district in northwestern Canada after gold was discovered there.


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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

It’s the thrill of being part of something epic and significant but – unlike the Klondike gold rush or Woodstock – always there and always available to all.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017

Born and raised in San Francisco, he repeatedly left school for a more exciting life sailing, riding the rails, or jumping into the Klondike gold rush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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 E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell

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