George carmack biography

          George Washington Carmack is said to have started it all on August 17, , when, as legend goes, he discovered gold in the cold waters of the Klondike River.

        1. George Washington Carmack is said to have started it all on August 17, , when, as legend goes, he discovered gold in the cold waters of the Klondike River.
        2. George Washington Carmack was an American prospector in the Yukon.
        3. George Washington Carmack (September 24, – June 5, ) was an.
        4. George Washington Carmack () was a miner whose discovery claim at Bonanza Creek on August 17, , started the Klondike Gold Rush.
        5. George Carmack made an announcement in August that started a gold stampede, one that led more than a half million men to the Klondike--he spoke of his.

          6. George Washington Carmack (September 24, – June 5, ) was an....

          George Carmack

          Prospector who discovered gold which led to the Klondike Gold Rush

          George Washington Carmack (September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922) was an American prospector in the Yukon.

          He was originally credited with registering Discovery Claim, the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush on August 16, 1896. Today, historians usually give the credit to his Tagish brother-in-law, Skookum Jim Mason.

          George Carmack's announcement in August started a gold stampede, one that led more than a half million men to the Klondike.

          Early years

          Carmack's mother died when he was 8 years old and his father when he was 11. His great-grandfather was Abraham Blystone. Carmack briefly served in the United States Marine Corps aboard the USS Wachusett and in Alaska before deserting in California in 1882 when he was refused leave to visit his sick sister.[3]

          Carmack returned to Alaska in 1885 to engage in trading, fishing and trapping.[4] In 1887, he entered a common-law marriage to Shaaw Tláa,[3] a TagishFirst Nation woman known as "Kate".[5]

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