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Gold Rush |
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Grade 8 |
Alaska's
Gold - a wonderful site from Alaska's Department of Education
with Daily Life, Gold
Rush Stories, Images and Primary
Sources.
The
Klondike Gold Rush : Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific
Northwest in the Washington Public Schools - scroll
to the bottom of this page and find
many pictures, primary sources,
and descriptions of little known events from the gold rush. If
preferred, here is the Document
Index.
Stories
from the Gold Rush - lots of information from the Postal Service! There
is even a section
on how the
mail was handled.
Threads
of Gold : Women in the Alaska Gold Rush : Golden Opportunity
this site
provides information on the tremendous impact of the women on the area. (If the site is too
hard to read,
highlight the words so the background is covered.)
Klondike
Gold Rush Yukon Territory : 1897 - a good site
with links Klondike
Gold Rush : The Perilous Journey North - good
place for Photos
and
primary sources such as ads which could
be used in a newspaper.
The
Centennial Celebration - a good site with lots of
information, but be careful what parts you
use since this is not a project on
the centennial celebration.
Search
for Gold in the Far North - this is divided into
two sites - the Yukon Gold Rush of
1989 and the Alaskan Gold Rush 1899. These
pages also have many images.
The Last
Grand Adventure - a good overview of the gold rush
with a well-known graphic which
depicts the hardship so many
went through.
Alaska-Yukon
Gold Rush Towns - the
pictures are a bit too modern, but this is helpful for
names of towns, etc.
Gold
Fever - information on the
PBS show about the gold rush. Some information and a few stories
about the rush.
Canadian
Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush
- stories of some Canadians during the gold
rush.
Yukon
Indians and the Gold Rush -
the gold rush had an effect on the natives, but little has
been written about that aspect.
Golden
Dreams : the Quest for the Klondike -
from the Washington State Historical
Society, this site has
wonderful pictures and a few stories (but they are not official).
Klondike
National Historic Site -
this site has the local perspective of the gold rush, and it also has
great
pictures.
Gold
Rush Centennial Photographs
- there are numerous photos on this site hosted by the
Alaskan State Library.
Harold
Charles Engelson, Minnesota, Valdez and the Klondike - letters to
various
people show the reality of life
during the gold rush.
Special
Klondike Edition : Seattle Post-Intelligencer October 13, 1897
- the
transcript of articles in the
newspaper from Seattle, the city which outfitted many of the stampeders.
Explore
North : Klondike - this
site has many helpful links; some
of which are listed on this page.
Before
the Klondike Gold Rush -
what life in the Yukon was like prior to the gold rush.
