The Klondike Gold Rush

[@oldgysgt]

My grandfather, (my father's father) went to the Klondike around 1899, worked for 10 years, saved his money, came back home, go married, bought a farm in Arkansas for cash, and raised 5 sons. He sold the farm for cash in 1934, moved to California, became a lobar contractor in the San Joaquin Valley, and later a land investor in the East Bay area east of San Francisco. He died in 1956 in Walnut Creek, CA, age 86. He didn't become a millionaire during his days in the Klondike, but he did alright. Because of the start from the money he made there, he managed to live a long comfortable life.

[@Azeltirish]

Sir, your granpa, is a true adventurer.

[@Jacob488.4]

11 mo ago

[@nothomelessonyoutube]

He was a great man

[@colinsushiboy745]

Surprised he didn't freeze to death. I can't imagine living outdoors in the Yukon searching for gold back then. Would be something like -40 or worse temperatures all day long

[@rosssmith8481]

My Grandfather was also in the Klondike Gold Rush. He was friends of the poet Robert Service. So Robert wrote a poem about him. It's called the ballad of hard luck Henry. With the money he earned from gold mining he started a construction company to build this new town called Vancouver.

[@dwaynegamble244]

This is the best show I've seen online about Dawson Whitehorse and the Yukon

[@Marine-72]

I hiked the Chilkoot Trail in 1995 and was glad to see the trail end at Lake Bennett. From there we rode the narrow gauge train back to Skagway. Once in a lifetime adventure.

[@ryanclyde4789]

My parents took our family on road trip thru the Yukon and Alaska in 1977 while the Alaska highway was still being built I believe and it still is the greatest experiences of my life.

[@dougdaniels4945]

Vvvvv vvvvvv vvvv by vvv

[@markpimlott2879]

The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek British Columbia through the Yukon Territory and on to Fairbanks Alaska was completed by the US Army and the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 as a binational WW2 military Highway. The Canadian portion was turned over to the Canadian government in 1946 and was opened to the public during 1948. The Alaska Highway has almost constantly been under construction ever since with straightening and grade realignment over muskeg, rivers and terrain obstacles. Now totally paved (primarily 'chip sealed' except through built-up areas and population centres) gravel patches during the summer construction season are still featured (& were even more extensive during the mid 70s). During the early 60s it remained primarily a two lane gravel road where carrying at least two spare mounted tires was not just wise but a virtual necessity (in that era of bias ply nylon cord passenger and light truck tires). Until at least the 80s to most North American kids, it probably felt practically like being on a pioneer trail to the Yukon Gold Rush! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇲 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@jondonofrio1]

I lived in dawson for the summer a few years back, it has so much history. I loved exploring abandoned cabins and trailers from the last 130 years. Dawson city does do a great job of keeping the history alive

[@asullivan4047]

A stepping back in time experience like none other.😉

[@brucesteele3052]

I have a granduncle who filed an early mine claim and returned to his Nebraska home with enough gold to purchase property, etc. Several gold nuggets from his adventure are still in family possession today.

[@r.c.salyer3652]

What Gold Rush was your granduncle involved in?

[@brucesteele3052]

@@r.c.salyer3652 The earliest Klondike rush. Name was Charles Raymond. Apparently, he along with others fell in love (lust) with Klondike Kate.

[@alanaadams7440]

Good story thx for sharing

[@gh0st_0f_b0b_chandler]

@@brucesteele3052 What did Kate do for a living? was she a gold buyer?

[@christophercross4325]

was she a cheap bar ho?

[@charlieb3943]

Easy money gets the best of us. Especially gold. America was wild and free with so much to explore. Thank you pioneers

[@lauraschmitz4730]

In about 1978, my father rented a motorhome and with my two brothers and I, drove the entire gravel Alaska Highway. I fondly remember miles and miles of forest and wilderness. Now, I am reading James Michener's "Alaska" and learning more details of the adventures, the hardships and human spirit of the gold rush. I had no idea they had to build boats themselveas. Fascinating!!!

[@Zif-the-Old-Herring]

A woman of my own heart. Take time to say hello to see those who have past before. We don't know the names, but we feel a gratefulness. Those pioneers knew our pioneers.

[@coug96fan]

I worked as a tour guide in the 1990s. I loved traveling from Fairbanks to Tok, then hanging a left and head for the Top of the World hwy to Dawson City! I loved my time in Dawson. So many great stories and living history of the Klondike. I love hearing new details, and Tappen Addy's commentary.

[@KumaBean]

This is the kind of quality educational content that the History Channel should be putting out, not that Gold Rush nonsense. 🍻

[@rabby77777]

agreed 100%

[@jakebrakebill]

Oak Island, just one more foot deeper over here, turn in next week to see what they found.

[@rabby77777]

@@jakebrakebill lolololololol

[@spaceghost8995]

Who still watches History Channel?

[@jakebrakebill]

@@spaceghost8995 I do every once and a while, to remind myself why I don't.

[@francoissuissae6217]

May these and any more stories be told forever to keep not just the memory Alice but history itself which can change the fortunes and lives of today's descendants God be blessed to make this continue

[@Damnsaburna]

That journalist really risked his life for this story. I wonder if there is a movie about his journey if not they should make one.

[@joanellis9475]

Are you referring to Edwin Tappan Adney (July 13, 1868 - October 10, 1950) He authored the book, The Klondike Stampede about the Klondike Gold Rush. His photos of the Klondike Gold rush c. 1899 are available online via the McCord Museum. Maybe you are referring to Johnny Lind

[@TheAndrewhoskins]

The book by Tappen Adney was re-issued and you can buy a copy these days. His is a crazy story.

[@myhouseimports]

This is the best documentary I have seen on the subject.

[@johnson6099]

There's been so many Gold Rush in the last 100 years but the Klondike Gold Rush will always be the rawest and most pure, driven by desperation and necessity

[@robertreisner6119]

I was born in Alaska in 1963, while I was young I met one survivoring member of the Rush of '98. We have much history in Alaska and western Canada and to me it is still captivating. In Skagway it is still echoing the gold rush days. Dyea no long exists, however the relics can still been seen along the Chilkoot trail. In June 1900 the Yukon Whitepass Railway was completed from tide water at Skagway 110 miles to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. Too late for the rush but proved itself as a transportation system that has benefited the area.

[@littleshopofsongs3481]

... what a beautiful Pianoversion of "the leaving of Liverpool"... and phantastic docu. Best regards from Germany

[@chevybigblock3311]

The determination this journey would take unbelievable

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Yeah...can you imagine today's "woke " youth actually WORKING that hard? I can't......they want everything GIVEN to them. You can thank the Liberals and Democraps for that.

[@Sketchbag]

Thank you Wilson Foundation, CPAC and Rogers ❗❕❗✨

[@MrPuffinburger]

Wow. The doc is great but these comments… y’all’s history as well. Just awesome. Thank you! 🥰

[@TheCrazyMachinist]

Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs was my favorite book as a kid. A boy from New York going on his own to meet his brothers in Klondike and having troubles and adventures on the way. The book was great!

[@justdoingitjim7095]

My life has been a series of adventures. I like to call them "Chapters." Your life is like a book, as one "chapter" ends you turn the page and begin another adventure. Going to Alaska was on my bucket list of places to go, but I never made it. Now I'm an old man, with a broken body and a ton of memories to keep me company, as the light of my passage grows dim. I make way for the future adventurers, young men with a stout body and a strong will. But, take heed and know this, it was not the destination that made the best memories, it was the journey to get there that I remember most! J.J. 1954-202?

[@thomasfisher5742]

I like your analogy Jim ..of life being like BOOK CHAPTERS...stay well my friend

[@tagyouaretheone899]

Well said sir! Many more years & memories to you. To GOD be the glory forever! Amen

[@dillfincollins6516]

I would absolutely love to go visit Alaska some day, it's always been number 1 on my places to visit, I love history and Alaska has a ton of it.

[@corcaighrebel]

Quite a brilliant documentary, thank you so much for uploading.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Our pleasure!

[@davidlotti5407]

My dad bought a Marlin 30-30 model 1893 from a old timer who had carried it to the Klondike and back ,My dad bought it in the early 1940s when he started deer hunting I an my two brothers all shot deer with it We consider it a family treasure and it’s not for sale! In the late 1960s we as a family traveled to the Yukon and traveled the route of the stampeders to the gold fields Skagway Deyea Lake Bennett Whitehorse and the rapids that Jack London guided on and on to Dawson to the the gold fields!The toughness of those gold. Seekers is amazing!

[@marlonoffline1804]

Very beautiful and good documentary. I felt at home watching all the men having the adventure of their lifetime even though I personally have no connection at all to the area or any of those people.

[@pietkonijn5522]

This is better then a film about it.

[@FLPeach00]

I’m cruising to Alaska in September and this video is perfect to prepare me. I love history!!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Enjoy the trip! Thank you for watching.

[@UncleJimmyOutWest]

You're going to love it! Take the train trip in Skagway.

[@bryanbulmer6716]

this is simply an amazing story. i used to play that yukon trail game alot when i was young. every time i would go to my aunts house i would play it. really cool.

[@candlercutcliffe9617]

I think tpur talking about the "OREGON TRAIL"

[@TimeWarp2000]

So many young men and women alive today would absolutely jump at the same chance in the Klondike

[@PBGetson]

I live in Whitehorse, less than a mile from the Yukon River. I've lived here since I was 10 years old. Thank you for bringing a bit more of the history, of where I live, back to life.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Our pleasure.

[@josephbrandt6778]

I love her story of being able to find her great great uncle it's a personal closing but a new begging all in one...she now knows who she is....good for her! 😁💕😘👍

[@Damnsaburna]

@20:57 its great that she put her great uncles story to an end and got a resolution for her family. rip.

[@TheEtbetween]

To bad the indigenous people can’t do that , if only they wasn’t wipe out by the immigrants that came into this land

[@TheMysterian]

Truly an amazing story by amazing people of a time gone by, never to be seen again.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed the program.

[@milliebanks7209]

Wonderful story. Sad that so many lives were lost. I would love to visit Dawson someday.

[@r.c.salyer3652]

Funny when you get a lot older in life, a lot of the information in between finally fills in. After college and quitting a boring suit and tie job downtown Los Angeles, I went to Alaska in 1970 with a friend in my Econoline Ford Van, 1300 miles up the gravel two land road to White Horse City. We did go to Dawson too, spending 3 weeks in the Yukon, and it was great to see this video. 1970 three were only about maybe less then 200 people still living there in Dawson, but did have an Assayer's Office with a huge Gold Scale in the window. Very few claims were still being reworked, but on that creek the Govt. had labeled one claim about half an acre where $13 Million had been taken out during the Gold Rush - and warning signs "Stay off the Claim, Private Property - and you could get shot"! I did not see this cemetery where this ladies relative was buried, but we did camp on top of the mountain overlooking Dawson for several days spending a lot time in the cemetery up there on top. Learned how rough and tumble the life was during the actual Gold Rush. In that cemetery, there were 21 buried Canadian Mounted Police and only two of them lived beyond the age of 19! All shot and killed. Two years later I learned that my uncle, Spencer Davis who had been a Navy Captain in the Spanish American War, and fought with Teddy Roosevelt, went up that Chilcoot Pass Trail over the Glacier and made it to the Gold Fields. In the 1990's my Dad related how my Grandfather was one of Jack London's favorite buddies in the SF Bay Area, and how he had his brother Jack had actually meet Jack London, looking to meet up with their Dad at a fair in Redwood City, CA. Jack London flipped them each a Silver Dollar (lots of money in 1919 or so), and told them to go on the Ferris Wheel while he sat and talked with my Grandfather. Years later after retiring to Mexico, and reading a lot about the Mexican Revolution. I found out that Jack London was also a close friend to Pancho Villa, and a "Socialist Millionaire" from his books, and would on occasion be invited down to "Fiesta" in Chihuahua, with Pancho and his men between military campaigns and he did.

[@rabby77777]

what a great story .. thank you really enjoyed it

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@srreventon]

You have some amazing family history.... could you write an e book?

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

What a great story, especially about Jack London. Thanks

[@r.c.salyer3652]

@@jacquelinemarie1078 Well then you might want to read this book: Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution by Frank McLynn | Aug 5, 2020; I retired in Mexico (you have more rights and liberties than in USA) and it's like living in the "Good Ole Days", like 1st part of last Century in USA - takes minimum 10 years off your life! There are stories in there that make Fiction seem ridiculous, and so much funny stuff going on in the heat of the battles. Tom Mix, the Silent Cowboy in Movies before the talkies actually got his horsemanship and gun-slinging skills while working a couple of years as a Volunteer Calvaryman in Villa's Army in the Desert of Northern Mexico. My Dad met Tom Mix on the set by the Railroad Tracks in Glendale where they were making movies. My Dad and his brother would skip school (Glendale, High - Glendale CA.) and go make $5.00 ( that too a lot of money then) as extra's on the sets. There at Glendale High, my Dad was friends with Marion Davies (John Wayne). John was like the captain of Boxing Club and my Dad was on the wrestling team. Most people don't know it but John Wayne became the Student Body President (according to my Dad), as he was quite popular way back then.

[@nickpowis]

Thank you, I loved the whole film, it really made me realise that my struggles are nothing. Love from the UK.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

You are so welcome!

[@r.c.salyer3652]

The same is the reason I took my 10 year old son on a back packing trip across the Rockies in the Rocky Mountain Park. 30 lb. pack on him and 3 day back packing and camping out - dodging the bears to keep our food, wittinessing the wild life, but walking over a 13,000 ft pass with a heavy load and hardly any oxygen, I had to keep prodding him on - it was a struggle for both of us - the hardest he'd ever been through But, once done - I told him David everything that you experience in life will be some times hard, but never as hard as this trip. Congratulations you've done it and now I know you can endure what life throws at you - it will be down hill from here as as far as the pain is concerned.

[@kevinshobbyroom3932]

Was it illegal to smile back then , all these pics everyone always looks so serious or depressed .

[@26MECH]

It was for my ancestors

[@HartPfortmueller]

A superb documentary!

[@aigerimc6152]

Great stories! I loved watching it! I am new immigrant in Canada, and my dad in Kazakhstan, read Jack London's books and he has never been to abroad, keeps telling me about Dawson city and Klondike Gold Rush, so I thought I'd watch about it. Also, it was interesting to read some of the comments here. Hoping to visit Yukon and Dawson city.

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

Jack London was there on site and found all his stories in the saloons.

[@jamesross9694]

These stories are awesome n Jack Londons couple books on the Yukon I've read myself enchanting stories I live by Detroit n I've always dreamed of visiting there myself Keep dreaming n I do hope your able to visit there and share your story with Your Father Peace n Love

[@DamnDirtyIrish]

Your dad would also love the poems of Robert Service. Same era, same location, same theme, just raw and awesome reading

[@spaceranger3728]

I hiked the Chilkoot Pass trail from Dyea up over the stairs to Lake Bennet a few years back. Aside from the natural beauty of it all, it's a fascinating walk through history. There are still a few artifacts like old shoes and machine parts laying around along the trail.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@noktenzuklkr6206]

​@@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia Can someone please tell me the piano piece playing at 1:50 to 1:58?

[@abaez008]

I’d love to hike that trail one day and mimic the journey to Dawson city. I became fascinated with this gold rush reading Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs as a teenager. The wonder and adventure was so gripping. That journey would be a nice window into American ambition and grit

[@johnmclaren7059]

Fantastic documentary! Thank you for posting this !

[@davemexico260]

I've worked close to the Yukon. Winter is mean. Tough people.

[@monkeywrench2800]

This was 100% worth watching every second. Thank you for this fantastic production!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Wow, thanks!

[@Dutchy695]

Fascinating story and tough people.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Joe-ve3cy]

Wonderful story of hardships and struggles are inspirational.. To those who have stories to tell .. I believe Samuel Clemens may have said, " Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!"

[@x-dah-t-er8779]

I truly enjoyed that little bit of schistory

[@JPGoertz]

A really fabulous documentary about a really fabulous piece of history... Thank you!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

We appreciate it!

[@MrEmused]

this is what youtube is about , thanks for the upload.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@greyangelpilot]

Amazing story of the indomitable human spirit, as well as the allure of the big strike, and how it never dies with each passing generation. Be it Land, Gold, Stocks, Oil, IPO's or Bit Coin, the adrenaline of the rush is as perennial as the Klondike River !

[@meganmclaughlin9056]

Story of how stupid people are.lots of spirits were dominated. Most men did not get rich.

[@edgrills6650]

@@meganmclaughlin9056 Yes....today we want the gov't to care for us cradle to grave.

[@abaez008]

Yo i thought the same thing about crypto… modern day gold rush

[@TheCiaMKultra]

Very insightful doc . What a life to lead to fulfill your dreams of striking it rich from the resources abound .

[@richardjoy6808]

Excellent show! Thanks!!!

[@barry7608]

Thanks from Australia, very enjoyable. I'm 74 and been a rank amateur gold prospector most of my life here in Oz I've tried pretty much all over coast to desert to coast. Found 3 nice little nuggets to 12g ! However my journey is in a four wheel drive with air con and the biggest issue is flat tyres and heat. Nothing compared to what these fellas faced, its really hard to imagine the cold the unknown the isolation, awesome story.

[@stevec2940]

Dawson City is awesome. Hope to get back someday.

[@mattmccleary1278]

I can't imagine how hard it must have been for these folks! I could never do that

[@meganmclaughlin9056]

It sucked, and most men did not find gold.

[@StormCentral1998]

Having gone to that part of alaska I couldn't imagine doing this.

[@colinsushiboy745]

​@@meganmclaughlin9056many probably died in the cold trying to get there and staying. I seen the list of items required by the govt to even be there and it's not enough for 3 months.

[@usmcforever7630]

Outstanding documentary with great characters including the poem reader Sue Taylor. Not to be missed

[@dwaynegamble244]

I just spent 36 months up in the Yukon in construction It's an amazing wonderful place

[@TheSilmarillian]

@30:30 I have collected old books for over 20 years and would love to just sit in that library ( I have a room in my house as a library ) close my eyes and just breath in the feeling of some of those books. May I add my collection though modest compared to this one ( about 150 in total) I am not their owner but a humble custodian of my old books for my generation. Love the black and white pics and footage it would have been an era indeed. At least this history thanks 2 you and others has not been lost.

[@jamesbutler8187]

I’ve always dreamed of going to Alaska it’s a beautiful place to be.god’s country

[@r.c.salyer3652]

It should bee on every' one's bucket list. It's so much bigger, grander than anywhere else. People there life a lot harder, lover a lot harder, fight a lot harder drink a lot harder. Everything is more in the extreme. To think they log in the SE mainly in the winter - gives you an idea what it's like. Try and spend a month at least to see it's main parts and people.

[@crazyamerican8664]

@@r.c.salyer3652 and that's why I'm moving there. So rich in nature, history and culture. And hunting, fishing as well. 🇺🇸

[@cleanandserene8463]

One of the best documenrys I've seen thankyou

[@ant-1382]

Awesome documentary, about an awesome time!!

[@TomWoodwardVideos]

Very interesting. Good to see other how other gold rushes in the world were. I’ve been learning a lot about the one here in Otago New Zealand in the 1860s. Many similarities.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Very cool

[@davidbladen5667]

In August of 1975 my grandfather and I went on an Inside Passage cruise that had stops at a few ports of call including Skagway. We missed out on taking the train up to Lake Bennett so we set our sights on roaming the streets and shops of Skagway. We weren't disappointed. All the time we were there I had the eery feeling that I had been there before. As we walked through the shops that eery feeling became stronger and stronger. We decided to visit the town museum which is upstairs above the townhall if my memory serves me right. As I was going up rhe stairway I was thinking to myself when and why did they replace the beautiful wooden handrails with rails made of water pipe. At the top of the stairs there is a double doorway entrance into the museum. Once again I was overwhelmed with the exhibits and the views of the mountains surrounding town. Again, that eery feeling was haunting me. Grandpa and I then left the main tourist area and walked a few blocks out to the edge of town and passed some old homes and eventually back and caught a cab back to the ship. We had a great time while in Skagway and I hope to return there some day. Over the years I have watched a few tv programs about Alaska and Skagway. During one of those programs they took a tour of the museum. The tour guide stopped for a couple of minutes to explain why the beautiful wooden handrails had been replaced with rails made out of water pipe. Whoa, I was completely blown away. It is my conclusion that I was there in Skagway in 1897 during a past life. I had a similar, but not as strong, feeling when I visited the old gold mining town of Bodie, California. I can't explain these feelings very well so I just accept and live with the fond memories......

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed teh program.

[@paulsuprono7225]

@@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia That's 'the' Buffalo ! 💀

[@alanaadams7440]

My husband and I explored Bodie in the 80s. I had found a book in town written about Bodie and Rosa Mae a town prostitute. It said she was buried outside if the cemetery bc of her occupation and I found her grave. We had a great time exploring Bodie the book was a map to the town

[@robinwells8879]

That was a treat. KZbin is a bit like panning for gold. Sometimes you hit the mother-load. I am very drawn to the area.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed the program! Be sure to check out some of the other videos on our KZbin channel.

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

I have a pocket compass on a chain my dad got from an old timer he knew. The guy was there, and claimed to have carried this compass over Chilkoot pass. Dad never wrote the guys name down, and I don’t remember it, so it’s just an old compass now. Dad used to say it could be in that picture of the line of men climbing the trail. I paused the video & got it out of the bookcase for a while.

[@simsoueu2276]

Did anyone else notice the small detail at 5:23? It’s so cool!

[@zacharyseay3089]

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[@dismer5447]

What?

[@mycrazylife1111]

The fact that a fellow named "Gold" evidently narrated this enjoyable film about a gold rush is not lost on me :) Total fluke that I spotted that!

[@gjwilliams4098]

Imagine the excitement on the initial trip north!

[@michaelcoghlan9124]

Thank you for sharing this,. Very good video. God Less

[@RAWoutdoor]

Pretty amazing story.

[@Sofiaeurope]

Cool clip :) I will be there next month doing the same things but in modern way with metal detector and so on :) Cheers 🥃🥃

[@trilobote]

Pierre Berton’s wonderful book, Klondike, makes you feel like you were there.

[@richardpeychers4076]

Yes agree, the gentleman talking about the horse that died on the trail and was completely cut in half by walkers has always stuck in my mind . Read the book 20 plus years ago, must dig it out again.

[@bear9923]

VACINATING STORY. THANKS

[@markthomas4083]

Fantastic documentary.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@clinthowe7629]

My family placer mined near Boundary Ak, about 60 miles from Dawson on a feeder creek of Walker fork, we would find pits, rocker boxes, windlasses and old broken picks and shovels in the creek bottom where these two old timer brothers were drift mining in the winter, there were a couple old log cabins on the hill above the creek, their camp apparently, they would spend the winter panning out that gold they mined in the drift. the calendar on the inside wall of that defunct cabin said April, 1932, one side of the roof had collapsed and we dug it out, fixed the roof and turned it into a cook shack.

[@daskippalawson5188]

And, all this time, I thought Klondike was a candy bar. I feel so stupid right now...

[@alanaadams7440]

Lol 😂😂

[@tonyhanson1710]

Very well done documentary!! Thank you!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Our pleasure!

[@denisfrancine3221]

Very good documentary! Thank You!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Our pleasure!

[@manuelwebe]

Outstanding documentary. Thanks for sharing

[@STOLSPEED]

If I had been around in those days I would definitely been one of the stampeders. Probably wouldn't have found any gold, but the adventure would have been the call of the wild.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Ya ever have "Yukon Jack"......one time I had too much....that shit was like drinking "magic mushrooms".....you saw shit and believe me, you heard the wild calling you.....and eventually the toilet.

[@r.c.salyer3652]

Yea, those Days were the Days of Adventure. It took me until my 60's to finally realize that late 1800's and early 1900's, early last Century WAS the age of Discovery of so many wild countries and indigenous societies to be the first to explore them was priceless experience. I could not understand how my Dad had left his family (us) and traveled the World? He'd go on to circumnavigate on Merchant Ships the Whole World 13 times. Went to Madagascar when it was like "Jurasic Park", and not one sailor would leave the ship to spend a night on shore! He kept the memories of those horrific sounds come from deep in the jungle. His Captain came and got them out of a bar in Singapore and rushed them to their ship and said "cut the lines" as they steamed out and down the river with artillary rounds coming over their bow from the Japanese. It was when the Japanese invaded Singapore and they were some of the last to get out. During the 30's my Dad would dive for coins from the passengers arriving on the White Line Ships in Honolulu, then go bottle bootlegged beer at a warehouse. He'd sleep above the warehouse. One time in the 80's we asked him to come with us to Kaui, as we had rented a house on the beach for a week at Hanalei. His answer: No son, I've been there 154 times, holds no interest for me. He crewed also as an able bodied Seaman on the last Square Rigged Sailing Ship in the Pacific that regularly took Rum from Hawaii to California during the Prohibition. He even was in Moscow within 15 years after their Revolution. He was a hard rock miner in Utah and Idaho too. Then he was in WWII as a Medic on Vanuatu Island in South Pacific, where he had a front row seat of the battle of Guadacanal. There he shared a flight on a DC-3 with a couple of cannibal Pigmy Chiefs, one was quite happy he remembers, as he had just had one of his enemies for breakfast prior to the flight to go make pow wow with the US Generals. During the Depression while catching a ride on a freight train through the South. They were all taken off the train by the Greenville, Alabama Sheriff's posse, and jailed there. Then they were "rented out" to a local Lumber Company to cut timber on a chain gang - said it was just like in "Cool Hand Luke" with Paul Newman. After a month on the chain gang and no problems, they were trucked back to the same railroad site and put back on another "Westbound Freight"! These were only a few of his stories. All his family and peers seemed to know how fantastic his life was and even the millionaires in the family looked up to him. They knew he had the guts to sacrifice everything for the Adventure.

[@kukensson]

No.

[@worldwarIIstori]

Fantastic video! The coverage of the Klondike Gold Rush is both informative and captivating. The historical details and storytelling made it a great watch. Well done!

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fandangofandango2022]

Great Stuff These are all People of Substance.

[@jamesbutler8187]

I loved this documentary so much I’ve watched it twice.thank you

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@norcalreppin1]

My great great grandmother was the first women to live in the yukon. There is a book about here. Uphill into the sun by Fred Trump.

[@alanaadams7440]

An Irishman once said "There's so much land in west America was so plentiful that they had to stack it up and made mountains" 😆

[@holyworrier]

I panned a little in the mountains above Salem, Oregon. Found a few grains. The were miners with pumps and hoses shooting water at high velocity into the stream bank and washing it into holding pools. I love pristine streams, and I found the devastation reprehensible.

[@Round_Slinger]

Yeah some of those places got absolutely torn up by people who could afford those massive machines. 😕

[@markpimlott2879]

What you are describing personally is Placer mining with a pan or a small hand powered sluicebox. Commercial Placer mining with heavy equipment is banned in most of North America. It's quite highly regulated in Alaska and Yukon. "Hydraulic Mining" that you describe is even more devastating to rivers and stream (riparian) habitats; as were the huge self propelled dredged that were introduced to the Dawson City area during the first third of the 20th century to rework historic placer sands and aggregate deposits. 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@RookCustoms]

Wonderful story.

[@garydahn6728]

This is so well done, kudos.

[@pipbiz]

my grandfather went to Dawson didn't find gold and ended up in Liverpool on a cattle steamer, met my grandmother never left England again

[@Goldchannel12]

Now here we are Mining a creek in the north Canada 8 hr away from Dawson city that was already mine from the old timer from late 1800s and early 1900s by hand. now we have hydraulics machines. We still getting awesome gold and hitting old drifts that is about over 150feet deep. the creek we Mining right now back 1902 2 people die of collapse tunnel. crazy.

[@davidisrael-zz1zz]

nice video.....with amazing grace forgiveness D& His friendship brings light in the darkness. all the best (.

[@MrComfyAustralia]

thank you

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

You're welcome!

[@Kanakid]

Read Pierre Burton’s book Klondike. Incredible. Spell binding. Totally takes you back as though you were actually there. My wife and I hiked the Chilcoot Trail in 2011. Fabulous hike. Highly recommended. Visit Dawson City during Discovery Days. It’s done up extremely well and many period actors present. It’s really fantastic!

[@jamesross9694]

Sounds so cool n Thanks for the info on the book I'm a read it

[@alvincook8888]

Yes sir. I keep that book with me as i moved around from Canada to US.

[@Curlyblonde]

Also Pierre Burton's mother Laura Burton wrote an interesting book about the Klondike Gold Rush, before, during and after the event. She was a school teacher living in Dawson City. The book is called "I Married the Klondike", also very frank and entertaining recount of this event. She wrote the book while Pierre was a toddler.

[@Kanakid]

@@Curlyblonde I need to read that book.

[@Curlyblonde]

@@Kanakid The book is out of print and is hard to find, but if you are lucky to get your hands on a copy, the stories are memorable. I found my copy at a Thrift Store many years ago. She writes about the many characters like Diamond Lil, Klondike Mike, Robert Service that she personally knew and the notable events that happened at the height of the Gold Rush. If you read both Laura & Pierre's books, take a trip to Skagway and go on the train over Chilicoot Pass (still from 1897), then go on to Dawson City. History will come alive for you and you'll understand the story behind everything you see.

[@jeffreysokal7264]

What an incredible video. Awesome job.

[@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia]

Thank you very much!

[@johnnyblade4351]

I grew up with the Ballards of ''Sam Magee & Desparate Dan Magrew whose arms and legs stuck out like pegs as if they were made of wood. They are truly great Poems/Ballards My Father Passed 19/05/2022 at 91 yrs. But he read these iconic stories that i have always remembered. .... Means Something to Me R.W. Service Thankyou for my POPS XX

[@zerofox7347]

Those boats are quite amazing considering they started with an axe and saw! 😮

[@paulatudor691]

When I was a teenager my school bus drivers father was in the Klondike and made it rich. He showed JD a gold nugget from his father was about the size of nickle or less than a quarter in size.

[@bobcat9314]

Cool video..thanks for posting

[@connieeaton48]

If I ever have money, my Love of history will out do my dislike of the cold !!!

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting & informative . Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Special thanks to the guest speakers separating facts from fiction. Once again the entrepreneurial groups enabled them to purchase needed supplies to better seek their fortunes 💰💰💰. Along with the towns of ill repute 😈.