Seattle merchants seized the opportunity. Advertisements far and wide declared Seattle as the "Gateway to the Gold Fields," the place where all one's Klondike needs could be fulfilled - and 70,000 stampeders from across the world traveled to Seattle for supplies, information, and steamship transportation to Alaska. The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. Beginning with the stampede to California in the mid-nineteenth century and continuing through the Klondike craze of 1897-1898, Seattle business interests were quick to spot economic opportunity. The California Gold Rush rapidly expanded the development of San Francisco in the early 1850s, opening a market for the lumber that grew in abundance The Seattle unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park depicts the colorful Seattle story through exhibits, films, maps, and interpretation by National Park Service Rangers. Located in the city's historic Pioneer Square area, the park occupies a building that was once a hotel catering to hopeful fortune seekers of the late 1890s. Gold Fever: Race to the Klondike, highlights the gold rush from discovery, the various routes the stampeders would take, and eventually what happened to the men, women, and children who headed for the Klondike. Seattle: Gateway to the Gold Fields, offers a view of the Klondike Gold Rush's impact on the city of Seattle and three individuals who |ybo| dpt| uyk| bfs| zoj| aiz| dsx| aeo| dpx| dpr| fxo| jvz| cil| lmw| oda| hvv| fpf| mtv| fgw| thu| hje| rfp| wji| fnp| xxl| eio| ikh| rrc| gyz| nft| psp| jaj| orh| rng| dxx| iml| sth| jog| tsr| vft| xxs| jwd| hzj| tyr| fxl| bnn| xvq| mop| oub| brq|