Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Alaskan Gold rush" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Alaska, Klondike, Yukon, Juneau, Skagway, Dyea, Dawson, Nome, Fairbanks, Chilkoot Trail, Chilkoot Pass, White Pass Trail, Gold , Gold Rush, Miners, Prospectors, Stampeders, Claims, Mines.

It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1890 and 1905.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The Gold Fields of Alaska"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), May 4, 1890, Page. 5, Image 5, col. 1-7.
"The Rush to the Yukon"
The Sun (New York, NY), March 1, 1896, Page. 4, Image 28, col. 1.
"Inexhaustable Riches of the Northern El Dorado"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 20, 1897, Page. 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Gold Fever Raging"
Kansas City Journal (Kansas City, MO), July 20, 1897, Page. 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"The Call's' Map of the Alaskan Gold Region"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 25, 1897, Page. 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Alaska, A Chance for the Poor Man and the Capitalist"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), December 19,1897, Page. 4, Image 4, col. 6-7.
"Killed on the Trail"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), April 9, 1898, Page. 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Buried by a Mighty Avalanche"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 9, 1898, Page. 8, Image 8, col. 1-2.
"Nome's Golden Sands"
The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), October 15, 1899, Page. 21, Image 21, col. 1.
"Tanana, Alaska's New El Dorado: $100 in Gold to the Pan"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), April 2, 1905, Page. 1, Image 1, col. 1.

Alaska Gold Rush: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America