Skagway is a town that sells itself on history. It celebrates the miners and prostitutes of the gold rush of the late 1800s.

The California Gold Rush is well known and much studied but the Alaskan Gold Rush is far less talked about. In his new book The Floor of Heaven, bestselling author Howard Blum tells the story of the ...

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 ...

In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled ...

How locals saw the Yukon Gold rush, and why Fairbanks, Alaska was named after a young “gold adventurer” from Petaluma. In Petaluma, during the Christmas Season of 1897, Sweed’s Great Bargain House, ...

Paleontologists often gather truckloads of fossils from the mines, but mummies are special and rare. Photos from inside the gold mines and the lab offer a glimpse at the ancient past. Miners are ...

The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will begin its second season of Northwest notes lectures at 2 p.m. Sept. 11. Deborah Brockway will discuss King Street Center, an environmentally ...

A charming and personable show personality. Klondike Kate was a performer during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 in the wilds of Alaska and the Yukon (Canada). The role has scripted and unscripted ...

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 ...