45. The Klondike Gold Rush (California Gold Rush‪)‬ Overshadowed Podcast

We're back with our coldest episode yet, covering North America's most overshadowed gold rush - the Yukon/Klondike - that spanned 1896-1899 and yielded MORE GOLD than the California gold rush, which lasted twice as long. Featuring: outdoorsy gambling addicts, deadbeat dads, lady-yeast, the boom town of Dawson, a scamming willy wonka type, and what we think is too many dead horses.  
The Klondike Stampede saw 100,000 inexperienced hopefuls journeying West in search of cold gold, but only 30,000 made it to the gold fields, and only a few dozen actually made it out with a meaningful haul. 
(Song for reference) "Everybody works but father" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9HcyI2pOo
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Recorded January 2024
Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!