One of the most celebrated medical families in Carroll County is the Woodward family. The Woodward family represents not just ...

Carl Tape's midsummer trek through ghost towns and newspaper clippings brings new insights to an earthquake nearly erased by time.

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Facts about mining for gold in Yukon Territory - it was a tough life with no guarantees of striking it rich! Read Joe Biden ...

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Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith was shot and killed in a shootout on the Juneau Wharf in Skagway. Soapy was a conman who ...

Once a booming Gold Rush town, this hidden Colorado destination now offers a wealth of outdoor activities, mine tours, and panoramic mountain views.

Canada, 1898. The gold rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement.