(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada PA-005389, Panning gold during the Klondike Gold Rush) Gold had been discovered in the Yukon Territory, in a tributary of the Klondike River.
A town council in Canada is at a standstill after its newly elected members refused to pledge allegiance to King Charles III as required in the swearing-in ceremony.
From the mountains of California to the deserts of Nevada, the American West is full of historic sites dating from the feverish era of the Gold Rush. Experience a fascinating journey into the history ...
With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier Melanie Haiken Esteban, York and James Beckwourth ...
Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...