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People of the Klondike Gold Rush

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Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
Wyatt Earp
American lawman (1848–1929)
Calamity Jane
American scout and frontierswoman
James Oliver Curwood
American writer and conservationist (1878–1927)
Charles Lightoller
British sailor (1874–1952)
Frederick Trump
American businessman (1869–1918)
Frederick Russell Burnham
father of scouting; military scout; soldier of fortune; oil man; writer; rancher (1861–1947)
Sid Grauman
American showman (1879-1950)
Rex Beach
author and water polo player (1877-1949)
Robert W. Service
Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958)
Ezra Meeker
pioneer of Washington Territory who later publicized the memory of the Oregon Trail
Soapy Smith
American con artist, gangster, and crime boss (1860-1898)
Key Pittman
American politician (1872-1940)
Flora Shaw
English journalist and writer, editor (1852-1929)
Keish
Keish ( – July 11, 1916), also known as James Mason and by the nickname Skookum Jim Mason, was a member of the Tagish First Nation in what became the Yukon Territory of Canada. He was born near Bennett Lake, on what is now the Yukon–British Columbia border. He lived in Caribou Crossing, now Carcross, Yukon.
Wilson Mizner
American writer
Sam Steele
Canadian politician and officer (1849–1919)
Joseph W. Boyle
Canadian businessman (1867-1923)
Samuel Balto
Saami explorer (1861–1921)
Tex Rickard
American sports promoter (1870–1929)
George Carmack
With brother-in-law, credited with making the gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush
John Franklin Alexander Strong
Canadian-born journalist and 2nd Governor of Alaska Territory (1856-1929)
Joe Juneau
Canadian explorer, co-discoverer of gold in the Juneau distric
Ellen (Nellie) Cashman
miner (1845–1925)
William Ogilvie
Canadian surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (1846-1912)
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
British politician (1868-1947)
Ed Schieffelin
prospector who discovered the Tombstone mining district (1847–1897)
Kate Carmack
Credited with making the discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush (1862–1920)
Hilma Swedahl
Swedish prospector
Alexander Pantages
Greek American impresario and vaudeville/film producer (1867–1936)
Edward J. Livernash
American politician (1866–1938)
Joseph Ladue
American gold prospector
Basil Lubbock
British writer (1876–1944)
Edwin Tappan Adney
photojournalist (1868-1950)
Eric A. Hegg
photographer, gold digger (1867-1947)
Belinda Mulrooney
American business woman
George Black
Canadian politician and lawyer (1873–1965)
James Morrow Walsh
first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (1840–1905)
James Duncan McGregor
Canadian agricultural pioneer (1860–1935)