Call it a history lesson paved in gold. A Yuba City man, 94, sent a letter to CBS Sacramento inviting us to tour something that played a big part in his life and the region — a gold dredge. One of the ...
Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...
If you want to learn about Alaska’s two gold rushes and get a little railroad history along with it, a tour of Gold Dredge No. 8 is exactly what you’re looking for. The gold rush that helped put ...