130 years ago, on August 16, 1896, three friends set off into the hills around the Klondike River: American gold prospector George Carmack, his wife Kate, and two of his Indian guides from the local Tagish tribe, Kaa Goox and Keish. Kate noticed something yellow glinting in a small stream called Rabbit Creek. It was gold. The discovery almost immediately led to the Klondike Gold Rush. It has left behind stories by Jack London to this day – and o…
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130 years ago, on August 16, 1896, three friends set off into the hills around the Klondike River: American gold prospector George Carmack, his wife Kate, and two of his Indian guides from the local Tagish tribe, Kaa Goox and Keish. Kate noticed something yellow glinting in a small stream called Rabbit Creek. It was gold. The discovery almost immediately led to the Klondike Gold Rush. It has left behind stories by Jack London to this day – and o…