Felix Pedro, an Italian immigrant, discovered gold in a creek northeast of Fairbanks on July 22, 1902, triggering the gold ...

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The history teacher became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race.

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In “The Gold Rush” Chaplin's lone prospector ambles through the snowy Alaskan wilds in pursuit less of gold than some food and perhaps companionship. His antic, cliff-dangling struggles make up much ...

CANNES, France (AP) — One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new ...