The History of The Klondike Gold Rush

            The Klondike Gold Rush otherwise known as the Yukon Gold Rush was a historical event in United States history that took place during the 1890s and early 1900s.  It all started on August 16^th, 1896 when prospectors George Carmack, Jim Mason, and Dawson Charlie discovered “Yukon gold” on a river in the Klondike.  This started the migration of about one hundred thousand prospectors traveling to the Klondike region in search of gold.  Only about thirty thousand prospectors made it out of the one hundred thousand people.  The conditions to the Klondike were extremely harsh and rough and many died, or went home.

            Another interesting thing about the Klondike gold rush I found was about the dead horse trail.  It was a narrow trail and very muddy which caused it to be extremely slippery.  Many of the animals that went on this trail died because they got stuck in the mud.  About three thousand horses died during this trail.  The risk associated with traveling to the Klondike was massive but nonetheless a lot of people still went there.  Most prospectors left empty handed but few went there extremely poor and struck it rich and left very wealthy.