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 ...

Expectations were high for six Wyoming Valley men known as the Klondike Party in 1898. They set off March 1, 1898, for the nearly 4,000 mile journey to south-central Alaska taking part in the Klondike ...

Klondike fever was rampant in Elmira in January, February, and March 1898. Local folks from all over New York and Pennsylvania were bound for Alaska. We wanted GOLD. It was the 1849 gold rush all over ...

This animated film illustrates the terrible journey the backbreaking work the exotic and gaudy city of Dawson and the turmoil and triumphs of the 1898 Klondike gold rush ...

Built during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898, the Yukon and White Pass Railway is a stunning sight. Given its speedy, two-year construction, this narrow gauge railroad, with its sky-high beams, is ...

FAIRBANKS — Gold was discovered along the Chistochina River in late 1898 by argonauts originally headed for the Klondike gold fields via the Valdez Glacier Trail. Between 4,000 and 5000 gold seekers ...

This weekend will mark 125 years since the arrival of the steamship PORTLAND with its cargo of gold on the Seattle waterfront – which signaled the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. That event shaped ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...