Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

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**Scavenger Hunt Key**

**1.** Stampeders used two different land routes that included a boat
trip down the Yukon River to Dawson City. Name these routes.

*All Land Route Land and Water*

**2.** When did the following events occur?

**a**. Alaska becomes a state *[January 3, 1959]{.underline}*

**b.** Washington becomes a state *[November 11, 1889]{.underline}*

**c.** Great Seattle Fire *[June 9, 1889]{.underline}*

**d.** The steamer *Portland* pulls into Seattle *[July 17,
1897]{.underline}*

**e.** Gold is discovered in Klondike *[August 16, 1896]{.underline}*

**3.** Approximately how many months passed between The Klondike gold
discovery and the *Portland* arriving in Seattle with almost 2 tons of
gold?

*[August 1896 to July 1897 =11 months]{.underline}*

**4.** A train ride from New York to Seattle took how many days?
*[5]{.underline}*

**5.** What goods were produced locally that Stampeders bought here in
Seattle for use on their trip northward?

> *[Blankets]{.underline}*
>
> *[Clothing]{.underline}*
>
> *[Boots]{.underline}*
>
> *[Salmon]{.underline}*
>
> *[Other agricultural products]{.underline}*

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Stamp your paper. You've arrived in Seattle on August 22, 1897

**6.** Look on the list Find the weight of each of the following and
determine how much money would be needed to purchase these items.

**Items How many pounds Cost per pound Total Item Cost**

coffee *10* \$ .30 per lb *\$3.00*

**tea** *10* \$ .50 per lb *\$5.00*

flour *400* \$1.00 per 50 lb sack *\$8.00*

bacon *150* \$ .15 per lb *\$5.25*

beans *125* \$ .50 per 25 lb sack *[\$2.50]{.underline}*

**Grand Total** *\$23.75*

**7.** You are headed to the Klondike gold fields from Seattle by the
**Land and Water Route** also known as the ***Poor Man's Route***. What
two Alaskan ocean ports would Stampeders use for this route?

> [*Dyea*]{.underline} *[Skagway]{.underline}*

**8.** Because of weather conditions, overworked and underfed animals,
the White Pass Trail would be known by another name, what was it?

> *[Dead Horse Gulch or Trail]{.underline}*

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Stamp your paper. You arrived in the Alaska Territory September 16, 1897

**9.** Completing either the Chilkoot Trail or White Pass Trail
Stampeders would have to build what *[Boat]{.underline}* to continue on
what *[Yukon River]{.underline}* for the last 500 miles of their journey
to the Klondike region.

**10.** Stampeders could save money by carrying their own supplies. This
meant moving ALL their supplies in a series of short trips. If they
could only carry 200 pounds each day 3 miles, how long would it take
then to move their entire outfit of 2000 pounds 3 miles? *[10
days]{.underline}*

**11.** How long would it take them to move their entire outfit of 2000
pounds over the entire 33 mile long Chilkoot Trail? *[111
days]{.underline}*

**12.** How long would it take them to move their entire outfit of 2000
pounds over the entire 45 mile long White Pass Trail?

*[150 days]{.underline}*

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Stamp your paper. You arrive in the Yukon Territory, November 19, 1897

**13.** If a gold pan was used to prospect or locate gold, what were two
devices would you use to separate gold from large amounts of gravel?

*[Sluice Box]{.underline} [Rocker Box also known as Miner's
Cradle]{.underline}*

**14.** How many people worked a gold claim in the Klondike?
*[15,000]{.underline}*

**15.** How many people made \$15,000 or more in gold?
*[300]{.underline}*

**16.** How many people started for the Klondike?
*[100,000]{.underline}*

**17.** Of those people who started, how many [never]{.underline} made
it the Klondike?

*[60,000]{.underline}*

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