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      • Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush set off a stampede of over 100,000 people on a colossal journey from Alaska to the gold fields of Canada's Yukon Territory.
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  2. Nov 6, 2006 · The sight of gold in the rushing waters of the American River sent a ripple around the world and set the stage for an event that would forever change a city, a fledgling state, and the nation.

  3. Aug 6, 2016 · A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852. This captivating, new documentary series explores the stories of struggle and triumph of the thousands who risked everything for the pursuit of wealth and the illusive American Dream.

    • (18)
    • 2016-08-06
    • Documentary, Adventure, Biography
    • Coby Batty
  4. Sep 15, 2020 · Once the news of gold in California spreads, thousands take off to seek their fortunes.Star: Coby Batty

    • 44 min
    • 25.3K
    • EncourageTV
  5. Mar 11, 2007 · Originally broadcast on PBS as part of the American Experience series, Randall MacLowry's The Gold Rush employs the usual medley of narration (by PBS regular Michael Murphy), archival stills, newspaper accounts, and scholarly talking heads to paint a vivid, enlightening picture of the vast movement of hopeful prospectors to California in the ...

  6. The Gold Rush —subtitled “A Dramatic Comedy”—was revolutionary in its use of film comedy to depict a dramatic historic event. Chaplin decided to photograph on location on a scale he had never attempted before. In Truckee, in northern California (not far from where the Donner Party had been snowbound), Chaplin’s crew restaged the ...

  7. American Experience. The Gold Rush Preview. On January 24, 1848, James Marshall found gold near the fork of the American and Sacramento Rivers, and unleashed a massive migration from around the world to what had been a forgotten backwater.

  8. Nov 6, 2006 · As tonight’s informative if not scintillating two-hour “American Experience” documentary, “The Gold Rush,” shows, Mr. Brannan, storekeeper and newspaperman, was soon known as the richest ...

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