Episode 2 of 2

Population Growth

When
1899-1900
Where
Nome
Part of
Gold discovered at Nome, Alaska, starting the Nome Gold Rush

By 1899, Nome had a population of 10,000, largely arrivals from the Klondike gold rush. Thousands more people poured into Nome during the spring of 1900.

By 1899, Nome had a population of 10,000, largely arrivals from the Klondike gold rush. Thousands more people poured into Nome during the spring of 1900 aboard steamships from the ports of Seattle and San Francisco.

Sources

  1. Nome Gold Rush Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04

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