The state of Alaska is located in the northernmost and largest part of the country. Reaching out into the Artic Ocean, this state is divided from Russia by the Bering Strait. In addition, Alaska boasts one of the longest rivers in the entire North American continent called the Yukon. By the 1890s, the Klondike gold rush occurred, which doubled the population in Alaska’s capital. Then by 1900 during the peak of the gold rush era, over $22 million of gold was panned. However, production of gold stopped in 1966, by which time $220 million of gold had been panned over … Continue reading →