Industrial Age · North America · Politics
1897
Klondike Gold Rush
July 16, 1897
The steamer Excelsior docked in San Francisco with gold miners carrying sacks of yellow dust from the Klondike. Within weeks, a hundred thousand people would be clambering toward the Yukon over the Chilkoot Pass. Most would find nothing. Jack London would find the material for his career. The last great gold rush of the century had begun.
In context
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Before and after in North America
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1896: Herzl's Jewish State
- After: January 13, 1898: J'accuse
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.