Last Great Gold Rush Reached Its High Tide This Spring
An archival reminiscence recounts the Klondike gold rush of 1897 98 sparked by prospectors Skookum Jim and George Carmack near Dawson Yukon. It traces migration from Seattle to Skagway and Dyea to Dawson City, chronicling extreme hardships deaths and dreams, with letters from August 1898 and literary echoes in Rex Beach and Robert Service.
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Sivash George
Armack
Shookum Jini
Robert Henderson
Klondike River
Yukon Territory
Canada
Henderson
Carmack
Dawson
George
Skookum Jim
Cultus Cherlie
Dyea Trail
Klondike
Alaska
Drea
Summit Lake
Crater Lake
Lake Lindemen
Bonanze Creek
Seattle
Yukon
Pacific Coast
Lake Lindeman
Lake Bennett
Lake le Barge
Dawson City
Edgar Youngs
Luckiess
Sir George
I Dian
Skagway
United States
Yukon River
Lynn Canal
Dwea
Chilcoot Pass
Little Lakes
White Pass
Glenora
Teslin Lake
Bawsea
Alaska Gold Camps
Rex Beach
Robert W. Service
Notable figures of the Klondike era shine in legend
The article recounts the时代 hallmarks of the Klondike rush. It highlights Nelson “Nelie” Cashman as the “Mother of the Camp” and recounts her feats aiding miners and amassing wealth in Dawson and Wiseman. It also profiles Soapy Smith, Georgia-born con artist who built a criminal empire in Skagway and Cripple Creek before his death at the pier siege. A carving of a skull on a rock near Skagway memorializes the era.
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Robert Henderson
Dawson
Henderson
Klondike
Nedlie Cashman
Ireland
San Francisco
Nevada
Virginia City
Cassiar
Fish Columbia
Tomb- Stone
Ariz
Alaska
Bonariza Creek
Wiseman
Koyukik
Seward
Nelie Cashman
Jefferson Randolph Smith
Smith
Georgia
Texas
San Antonio
Dville
Colo
Denver
Creede
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Crippie Creek
Cams
Skagwey
Wnd
Frank Reid
Reid
Skagway
Soapy
Most Modern Air Force Aim by United States in 1940s
The army and navy pursue a goal of a highly modern air force by 1940, aiming for 2,32 first line fighting planes by June 30, 1945, and a combined force near 2,000 planes. Foreign powers show stronger totals, with Russia around 3,756, Germany about 3,700, France 3,100, and Britain up to 3,000, while U S leaders warn that production takes time and must rival or surpass foreign armadas.
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Washington
D. C
Army
Navy
Haval Defense
United States
Russia
Germany
Nower
Harry A. Woodring
War servant opens barber shop in Lexington after Civil War
Billy Anderson, raised near Lexington, fled slavery after a sale post Henry Clay funeral. He learned barber trade in Cleveland and Toronto, then returned to Ohio in 1862 joined General Sherman as his personal servant. Postwar he settled in Lexington, running a barber shop at 101 Lexington for sixty four years.
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Sherman
Lexington
Billy
Anderson
Exsleve
Soe Lene Allen
John Cabell Breckin- Fidge
William C. P. Breckin
Henry Clay
Cleveland
Toronto
Ohio
General W. Sherman
Girl, 23, Qualifies as Tugboat Captain
Dorothy Clarke Blackmore, age 23 from Port Alberni B C, passes her tugboat master's certificate exam under supervising examiner Liesel H Lindsay of Vancouver with Ottawa confirmation expected soon. She aims to become Canada's first woman tugboat captain.
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Port Alberni
B. C
Dorothy Clarke
Blackmore
Pianing
Canada
Dorothy
Liesel H. Lindsay
Vancouver
Ottawa
Visitor from Chile Introduces Small Fox Companion
A Chilean gray fox from Antofagasta accompanies Jeanne van den Bosch during a visit. The two month old fox, captured in the Andes, was brought to New York by chef James Losie aboard the Santa Rita. The creature, little as a gray squirrel, shows no fear of people.
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Jeanne van den Bosch
Antofagasta
Chile
Andes Mountains
New York
James Losiie
Santa Rita
Artificial animals fill Ohio boy's home zoo record
Mentor resident Oxle Cark ton, ten, has built a 307 piece artificial animal menagerie in his living room. The pieces include glass, metal, ivory and shell toys made over almost five years, starting at age six with a single glass greyhound. He now owns 176 toy dogs and 131 other figures, from an inch mouse to a multi inch horse.
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Mentor
Ohio
Oxle Carkton
Orio
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el Dorado
Wester Newsgater
Robert GY
Elmo Scot
Watson
Siberia
Ping
Tan
Pacific
Soapy Smith
Waner
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
U. S
France
Great Britain
Boy’s Zoo
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