Klondike and Nome: Separated at Birth
In 1896, gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Yukon. Within two years, 100,000 people set off for Dawson City. Most didn't make it. Those who did mostly didn't find gold. A few got rich. Everyone got a story.
In 1899, gold was discovered near Nome, Alaska. Another rush. Another flood of dreamers. Similar outcomes.
These two gold rushes shaped the modern North. They also happened to fall on opposite sides of a border neither the prospectors nor the Indigenous peoples had any say in drawing.
Klondike (Yukon):