In August 1896 when Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, they had no idea they they would set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history. View the video here:ĭawson City: Frozen Time Official Trailer Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North, University of Washington Librariesĭawson City, the gold rush town, had a historical treasure of more than 500 forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978. Lesson Plans for teaching the process of searching for gold.įour men working a mining claim at mouth of Last Chance Creek, near Dawson, Yukon Territory, probably between 18Ī Map of the Events During the Alaska/Klondike Gold Rush by the NPSĪlaska's Gold - An interactive website from the Alaska Department of Education For a view of the 25,000 people who came to the gold fiel ds by water, see On The Water from the Smithsonian that uses the journals of Alexander Van Valen as key primary sourcesįood of the California Gold Rush from PBS WGBY57Ĭharlie Chaplin in the movie, The Gold Rush, 1925.
The Gold Nugget, an interactive exhibit from the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.Ĭlick here for journal entries from John Sutter Online exhibits and pictures from the University of California, includingĨ Things You May Not Know About the California Gold RushĪnimated video that gives brief overview of the California Gold Rush Map shows historic mine sites and the scale of how many people and how many mines were opened during during the California gold rush. There were some 40,000 people mining in California by the end of 1849. Mexican migrants, Chilean migrants, Australian migrants, and foreigners from Mexico, Chile and even Australian came to seek their fortune in gold.Īt this time, the population of California was estimated at 100,000 including 35,000 people who came by sea, 3000 sailors who deserted ships and 42,000 who came overland. People were mining as much as $50,000 a day. News spread rapidly of the gold found in California. Sam Brannan printed a page in the California Stardetailing the gold mines in the Sacramento valley attempting to encourage immigration. Link to brief overview of The Gold Rush on Digital History Setting in motion the California Gold Rush. Wimmer discovered gold at Sutter's new sawmill on the American River,
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