Archive for August 16th, 2022

GOLD DISCOVERED IN ALASKA ON THIS DAY

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While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s
Yukon Territory on August 16, 1896, George Carmack
reportedly spotted nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His
lucky discovery sparked the last great
gold rush in the
American West.

Hoping to cash in on reported gold strikes in Alaska,
Carmack had traveled there from
California in 1881. After
running into a dead end, he headed north into the isolated
Yukon Territory, just
across the Canadian border.

In 1896, another prospector, Robert Henderson, told
Carmack of finding gold in a tributary of the
Klondike
River. Carmack headed to the region with two Native

American companions, known as Skookum Jim and
Tagish
Charlie.

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George Washington Carmack
(September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922)

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Klondike Gold Rush Campsite.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Singer Madonna Louise Ciccone is 64 years young today.


The singer, songwriter, and actress is referred to as the "
Queen
of Pop
". Rolling Stone listed her among its greatest artists and
greatest songwriters of all time.

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