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Alaska’s Koyukuk gold rush drew about 70 steamers upriver in 1898 and produced over $4 million by 1918, yet most boomtowns vanished as the region’s population fell by 1921 | World News

Horses towing freight scow between Bettles and Nolan, 1913 (Image: USGS Photographic Library) Alaska Koyukuk gold rush history begins in 1898, when about seventy small steamers carried prospectors up ...

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October 26, 2026

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Alaska’s Koyukuk gold rush drew about 70 steamers upriver in 1898 and produced over $4 million by 1918, yet most boomtowns vanished as the region’s population fell by 1921﻿ | World News

Alaska’s Koyukuk gold rush drew about 70 steamers upriver in 1898 and produced over $4 million by 1918, yet most boomtowns vanished as the region’s population fell by 1921 | World News