In 1880, one of the largest gold rushes was started. John Muir in my mind is the one who actually began the series of Alaskan Gold rushes, and made Alaska what it is today. There are a hand full of people that found large amounts of gold and ended up starting many more gold rushes all over Alaska. Alaskan culture and landscape is changed forever because of the many gold rushes. Every part of Alaskan society and culture was changed during the gold rushes during the years 1800 through 1900. People during this time were forced to adapt to changes, such as new technologies and larger towns.
John Muir was on a canoe trip through the Inside passage in 1879, he predicted there would be large amounts of gold in Juneau, Alaska’s capitol now. (www.juneaugreenhouse.com) George Pilz heard of John’s predictions and report of gold there, Chief Kowee of the Auk tribe also told George Pilz about signs of gold near his house. After the assumptions George hired two men, Joe Juneau and Richard Harris to search the area. After many searches failed, Juneau and Harris finally struck gold on October 3, 1880. Sixteen years after that gold find was
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