Alaskan Gold Rush
... Examples of this are World War One, World War Two, the Civil War, the American Revolution, various gold rushes, and slavery just to name a few. Gold rushes offer a great example. ... One of these gold rushes was the Alaskan Gold Rush, which occurred in the Klondike. Gold Fever In the summer of 1896 George Washington Carmack with two native friends he’d encountered fishing, all saw visions of gold and riches while trapping salmon. They decided to go prospecting and on August 17, 1896 they found a large amount of gold on Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike. This strike would turn out to be the largest concentration of gold ever found. ... To further prove this, two days later about two tons of gold reached Seattle. Everyone went crazy with gold fever. ... The Routes There were two main routes that miners choose during the gold rush. ... Here you would board a stern wheeler and travel up river to the gold fields. ... If you crossed the pass, you’d continue to Lake Lindeman or Lake Bennett, build a boat, and float down the river to the gold fields.