THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Gold discovered in the Yukon – 1896

Via History.com

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

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