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 ...

A postcard from the 1930 shows Martin Itjen in front of his "Largest Nugget in the World" in the Skagway cemetery. (Provided by David Reamer) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by ...

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, ...

In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled ...

The Koyukuk River doesn’t loom large in Gold Rush era histories of Alaska, though not for lack of effort. As would-be prospectors flooded into Alaska and the Yukon following the 1896 Klondike gold ...

A charming and personable show personality. Klondike Kate was a performer during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 in the wilds of Alaska and the Yukon (Canada). The role has scripted and unscripted ...

It took five years, but the Cadillac Hotel has finally shrugged off the rubble of the 6.8-magnitude Nisqually Quake, emerging as the new home of a museum commemorating Seattle's role as the gateway to ...

Paleontologists often gather truckloads of fossils from the mines, but mummies are special and rare. Photos from inside the gold mines and the lab offer a glimpse at the ancient past. Miners are ...

A Seattle national historic park unit that functions as a museum commemorating the Klondike Gold Rush could see its lease terminated by the Trump administration, advocates said Monday. The Klondike ...