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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

The unemployment and desperation of the 1890s destroyed the dreams of many Americans. News of gold in the Yukon Territory reignited them. The gold rush was a second chance at a job, a fortune, and the life Americans yearned for. Housewives became hotel owners, the unemployed became entrepreneurs, and the dreams of those seeking gold forever changed the north.

 

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Uploaded on August 4, 2017