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The Great Stampede was what the world called the Klondike gold rush of 1897-98. But what happened to the gold fields after the gold rush ended? What happens to land of boom when the boom goes bust?

To find out what happened in this beautiful land along the Yukon River, well known journalist and travel writer Archie Satterfield retraced the route of the Klondike gold rush -- hiked over Chilkoot Pass, then took a boat from the foot of the pass more than 500 miles through a chain of lakes that form the headwaters of the Yukon River and went down the swift, historical river to Dawson City and the remnants of the mines along the Klondike River.

Along the way he met Polly, the hardest-drinking parrot in the North, if not the world, and reprints perhaps the funniest obituary ever written for man or bird. Satterfield also tells the whole story on how the Courtoe Cocktail was invented, and the rules that must be adhered to by those who drink the disgusting concoctilon.

Mostly, however, Satterfield talks to people along the river and listens to what they have to say, and sometimes finds that their actions speak much louder than the few words they utter. ... Read more

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Clear-eyed nostalgia for a lost era
This is a charming book about a world that existed for only a short period of time, but yet lives on in small ways a century after its demise.Yes, that's a contradiction of sorts, as is the title of my review.But that reflects the world that Archie Satterfield writes about -- the vibrant and colorful, but harsh and bitterly cold, Yukon Territory.

In the early 1970s, Satterfield set out on a venture down the Yukon River (actually, it flows south to north, so there's another strange thing), to see what aspects of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s were still around. He wasan experienced and capable Northwest camper -- hardly a greenfoot -- and thus able to handle camping in true wilderness conditions and making friends with the handful of folks living in the isolated areas.

The book gives a sense of the isolation and natural beauty that existed along the river in the 1970s, and it references some of the great stories (true and apocryphal) about the 3-year gold rush period.Yes, it has stories of generous prostitutes and overnight riches. But it also tells about starvation and isolation and loss.

Remarkably, 70 years after the gold rush ended, remnants of buildings and machinery was still visible all over the place. And fewer than 1,000 people lived in Dawson City, which had been the hub of the area for that short, frenzied period.The people choosing to live in the Yukon -- and there were pehaps 15,000 of them stretched across an enormous territory -- loved their isolation and the need to focus on the day-to-day in order to survive the unforgiving land.For many of these people, their only connections to the outside world were radios and telegraphs (in the 1970s!).

Satterfield seeks out these iconoclasts out, and he seems to be accepted, because he's got enough spunk and skills to be one of them. He visits ghost towns that have one person as a caretaker.He fishes for food in nearly pristine rivers, while swatting away hordes of flies.While he's a tourist, he's not a lazy tourist.And yet, he stays grounded as an "Outsider," a person who's not choosing to live in the Yukon.

Of course, Sattefield's book is a bit of a museum piece at this point. It's 35 years old, things have changed.Most prominently, Canada's relentless search for mineral wealth and oil has transformed some of its remote regions. And as tourism has become a bigger industry (and it was No. 2 behind mining even when Satterfield visited), it's harder to find the "real" Yukon anymore.And, of course, global warming might turn a climate that Satterfield predicts will never be good for anything more than subsistence farming into something new.

This is an obscure book, but it's worth seeking out if you have any interest in the Northern Territories and want to prime yourself for a real trip to the region, not a 5-day tourist jaunt.

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The search for gold in Canada has resulted in misadventures in many unlikely places across the country. Ted Staunton tells the story of gold rush times across Canada with accounts that are funny and often fantastic. From odd black rocks concealing 'gold' on Baffin Island to glittering flakes found in Eldorado, Ontario and nuggets in Moose River, Nova Scotia there have been more fools than gold. Even when there really was lots of gold, like at the Klondike, the prospect of fast wealth drove men (and women) to surprising extremes.

Ted Staunton digs up quirky facts such as the different ways to find gold, and modern uses for the valuable stuff, including consumption. He explores just what is the secret of its appeal, and notes how (as the recent Bre-X scandal shows)gold continues to fascinate.

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Title: Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation. (book reviews)
Author: Charlene Porsild
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: v32Issue: n3Page: p486(3)

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Title: The Nature of Gold: An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush.(Book Review)
Author: Jerry Green
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
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Title: Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California.(Book Review) (book review)
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The novel, Golden Streams, Dangerous Dreams, is the same story Shawn Swanky, and the Dragon Heart Pictures production team, made into a feature length movie in the summer of 2002.

After hearing about the GSDD project, or after seeing the movie, so many people found the underlying story so entertaining, enoyable and interesting, that they began asking for copies of the script to read. Screenwriter/director Shawn Swanky responded with this fascinating short novel. Fast moving and easy to read, it features all the personal conflicts, the vivid sketching of competing visions, and the escalating drama that left people enjoying, and thinking about, the movie for days after leaving the theatre. Rarely ever has a young author packed so much story and wisdom into such a short space.

Will the Anderson brothers discover Jim Richmond's buried treasure, and emerge from the gold rush rich as princes? Will the innocent Thomas be pulled along as his older brother takes ever bigger, and increasingly more questionable, risks? Will Paul realize his dream, or will he go mad from hurried hope and hot desire? Will the constable arrive in time to save Claire, Jim's fianc;eacute;e, from becoming another gold rush casualty at Paul's hand? And, then, among all these characters competing for the gold, there is also an ever deepening conflict between different visions of what makes a human being rich, truly rich, and about "...what it takes" to become rich. In the end, it is this conflict that might see Thomas either dead, or emerging from Devil's Canyon a rich man.

GSDD is about the hope of living one's life as one who is rich. It is about trying too hard to realize a dream, and it explores what it means to be a "rich" human being. Although set in gold rush Barkerville, it is a universal story, one re-enacted in many settings, in many times, and even in our own time. The digital revolution, and the advent of the Internet, is only the most recent example of a major gold rush. In such an event, being first, having dumb luck, making a fortunate choice, or any combination of these, rather than hard work, diligence, discipline or knowledge, are most important in determining who has the chance to become disproportionately rich. These riches flow first to those there to seize them, not to those who would earn them, deserve them or know best how to use them. And, then, it seems most of those who grabbed the gold begin to loose it. Thus, the legacy of a gold rush is equally as well measured in the grotesque distortion of lives endured by so many participants, and their families, as it is in terms of the wealth created.

"A story teller's first job is to entertain," Swanky says. "It has been gratifying to have so many people tell me Golden Streams, Dangerous Dreams made them both laugh and cry in the two hours it takes to read the book or watch the movie." ... Read more