![]() THE MONTANA KID – Dan Egan, before his Yukon fame, was a boxer during the dangerous years when the sport was illegal in many areas and boxing matches were subject to being raided by the police. Boomtowns, gunslingers and gamblers are common to Gold Rushes in the frozen north AND in the continental U.S. Think of winter storms of such magnitude that the entire city of Nome, AK was literally wiped out late in the Gold Rush. Think of dogsleds instead of stage coaches and instead of hot deserts, snow and temperatures so cold that whiskey freezes in the bottle. Klondike Kate was the only figure I’ve covered from the Yukon so it’s long past time for more. Frontierado is on August 2nd, so two weeks from now blog posts related to that major holiday will wrap up for the year.Ī neglected aspect of Wild West lore is the Alaskan Gold Rush.
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