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The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
Mulrooney’s success, as a woman ... for location. During that first Yukon spring, she scouted ground on which to open her ...
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The California Gold Rush
Some American women, among them Luzena Wilson ... starvation and homicide during the gold rush. As the surface gold disappeared, individual miners found their dreams of cashing in on the gold ...
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Klondike Gold Rush
Few prospectors made it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush. By the time most gold-seekers ... Men outnumbered women 25 to one. Prostitution was tolerated and one miner said, "even an angel couldnt ...
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The California Gold Rush
Some American women, among them Luzena Wilson ... starvation and homicide during the gold rush. As the surface gold disappeared, individual miners found their dreams of cashing in on the gold ...