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Stampeders posing for a photo in Dawson City, Yukon Territory Canada

National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Candy Waugaman Collection, KLGO Library DP-102-8825

The Klondike Gold Rush is full of fascinating stories showing us the scale of this human drama. We have learned about stampeder experience from thousands of historic artifacts, photographs, journal accounts, published memoirs, and archeological discoveries.

Dive into history to

• Discover gold with the Klondike Kings who found gold in August 1896
• Research a historic person through Stampeder Genealogy
• Learn about three historic cemeteries
• Explore the gold rush experience for women
• Keep the stories alive with the guardians of the gold rush
• Unearth the writers who found gold through their words
• Protect the frontier with Alaskan Buffalo Soldiers