WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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migration of prospectors to Yukon in Canada for the purpose of finding gold
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migration of prospectors to Ontario in Canada for the purpose of finding gold
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migration of prospectors to California for the purpose of finding gold
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migration of prospectors to Oregon for the purpose of finding gold
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Detailed explanation-1: -They disembarked, then hiked over the Coast Range mountains to reach the head of the Yukon River. On a homemade boat, stampeders traveled over 500 miles by river to reach the gold fields. Through the fall and winter of 1897-98, ships delivered gold seekers to Skagway and nearby Dyea, Alaska.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Klondike gold rush brought about a rapid advance in the development of the Yukon Territory, which was officially formed by Parliament on 13 June 1898. The gold rush left an infrastructure of supply, support and governance that led to the continued development of the territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after gold was discovered there in 1896.
Detailed explanation-4: -This population boom resulted in the establishment of mines, trading posts, homesteads, and boomtowns, which dramatically increased interactions between Alaska Natives and immigrants. With the sudden arrival of thousands of men, the small tent cities of Skagway and Dyea grew to be prosperous outposts.