Legends of the Alaska Gold Rush

Originally made for his Alaska Studies as a means to explore the legends of the Alaska Gold Rush, watch as Josh Thompson introduces you to three of the most notorious people during this period in Alaskan history.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Alaska
• Soapy Smith
• Yukon Gold Rush
• Alaska Gold Rush

[ramdink]

The Gold Fields in the 87-99 Gold Rush were all in Yukon, Canada. Only an American would call it the Alaska Gold Rush.

[silvertoe100]

Kill the smoke alarm before you do audio!

[insertclevernickname]

I lived in the Kootneys for a few years. Lived in the Leland hotel, In Nakusp, the oldest running hotel in BC at the time. A true goldrush hotel. Right on the lakefront, had its own little museum and everything. Place was a dive though, I remember stumbling back home at night and seeing the entire snowbank in front of the hotel soaked in blood. I was only 17, drunk all the time, never got any sleep there. Good times...

[allcedars]

Great video. This will be a helpful introduction to the Alaska Gold Rush.

[Nauticalman]

With all the history of how few actually made money in the gold rush, still today people bet against the odds and are still go there thinking they're going to strike it big.

-Great stories of great legends.