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Gold Rush : The Untold Story of the First Nations Woman Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delargy, Flora.
- Series:
- Hidden Histories Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women pioneers.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group UK, 2024.
- Summary:
- The little-told story of the discovery of Klondike Gold, following the First Nations women who discovered and sparked a worldwide Gold Rush.
- Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- Klondike, Yukon Territory
- The Yukon’s First Nations
- 16th August 1896, Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory
- KATE CARMACK (Shaaw Tláa): The Discoverer
- News Spreads to Seattle
- The Eternal Allure of Gold
- MARTHA BLACK: The Stateswoman
- Martha Joins the Trail
- Supplies for the Journey
- Routes to the Gold Fields
- Trekking the Chilkoot Trail
- Chilkoot Golden Staircase
- Riding the Rapids to Dawson City
- BELINDA MULROONEY: The Boomtown Entrepreneur
- Belinda Arrives in Dawson
- Beyond Traditional Roles
- Building a City from Scratch
- The Fairview Hotel
- NELLIE CASHMAN: The Prospector
- The Miner’s Angel
- Methods of Mining
- Mining the Earth
- Pioneering Change
- Nellie Hits the Bonanza
- THE BEAUTY OF THE NORTH
- The Strike Moves On
- Martha Devotes her Life to the Yukon
- Nellie and Belinda Give Back to the Community Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780711263888
- 0711263884
- OCLC:
- 1456759308
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