Klondike Gold Rush
1896-1899
By Molly and Brennan

Important Facts-

• Miners travled to Alaska, Klondike Region of Canada and Yukon Territories.
• One hundred thousand went on a journey to join the gold rush, only thirty thousand made it to the Klondike.

Important Facts-

• Around 4 thousand people found gold.
• One of the Many trails that was taken was the Chilkoot Trail and the Whitehorse Trail.

Fun facts-

• There's a story of a Klondiker boiling his boots to drink broth

The Whitehorse Trail

• The trail is twenty seven miles long.
• The White Horse Trail was known as the “Dead Horse Trail” because miners got sick and died of eating dead horse meat.

The Chilkoot Trail

• The Trail was twenty eight to thirty three miles long.
• Most travelers went insane on the trail because of the weather and altitude of 1000 feet.

The FOUNDERS

• On August 16th, 1896, George Carmack, his wife, Kate Carmack, her brother, Skookum Jim, and their nephew, Dawson Charlie, found gold in Bonanza Creek, then called Rabbit Creek.

End of the great Gold Rush

• In 1899, miners found out that gold was being found in Nome, Alaska and miners traveled to Nome leaving the Klondike.