Nome Discovery Site — Anvil Creek
1898Gold discovered at Anvil Creek in 1898 triggered a rush that brought 20,000 people to Nome's beaches, where gold could be sifted from the sand.
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North to Alaska
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Nome Discovery Site — Anvil Creek
· 0.4 mi · Historical Marker
Gold discovered at Anvil Creek in 1898 triggered a rush that brought 20,000 people to Nome's beaches, where gold could be sifted from the sand.
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Discovery Saloon
· 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Raise a glass to the past at the Discovery Saloon, built in 1901 during the Nome gold rush. This building on 1st and D Streets is the oldest commercial building in Nome! Max Gordon built the Discovery Saloon in 1901 and…
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Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites
· 3.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine a single glint of gold changing the fate of an entire territory. That's exactly what happened near here. In 1898, the "Three Swedes" – Erik Lindblom and two companions – struck gold on Anvil Creek. Their…
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Nome, AK
· 3.1 mi · Local history
Nome, Alaska sits on the edge of the Bering Sea, a place where the Inupiat people lived for centuries before the gold rush transformed it. Their connection to the land and sea defined their lives, with subsistence…
