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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
HARD DRIVE TO THE KLONDIKE: PROMOTING SEATTLE DURING THE GOLD RUSH

Reaping the Profits of the Klondike Trade

 

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During the gold rush businesses on the West Coast used the word "Klondike" to sell everything from opera glasses to evaporated food. The following Web pages include examples of advertising that appeared in newspapers and city directories from San Francicso to Vancouver, British Columbia, during the years 1897-1898.

Sources for theses advertisements include the following: The Seattle Daily Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Tacoma Daily News, The Morning Leader (Port Townsend), and Vancouver News-Advertiser, 1897-1898.

 

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CHAPTER THREE
An "All-Klondike" Town |Outfitters | Transportation |
"A Hot Town" and "A Very Wicked City" | Population and Economic Growth |
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

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Did You Know? Woman made up ten per cent of the stampeders

Did You Know?
One out of every ten stampeders during the Klondike Gold Rush was a woman.
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