In just one year, 1897- 1898, over 60,000 adventurers made their way to the rich gold fields of the Klondike. The vivid image of endless lines of prospectors struggling up the Chilkoot Pass says it all. Ptarmigan Alaska's most important game bird is pure white in the winter and brown in the summer. You'll find it in valleys and foothills throughout Alaska. Canadian Mounted Police saved many lives and kept order.
Alaskan artists carve many beautiful objects of jade.
The King or Chinook salmon is the supreme western game fish. Its tasty red flesh makes it a premium food and important part of the economy. This native of Alaska is the largest of all spruces. Long prized by boat builders because of its lightness, this spruce is now an important source of high-grade pulp. Felix Pedro , a persistent Italian prospector, can be credited, at least partially, with the founding of Fairbanks.