We don’t need to win gold at the Olympics; we already found some at the National Archives in Anchorage, Alaska! At the end of the 19th century, thousands of gold-seekers headed to Alaska. Few found even enough gold to pay for the voyage north, but a little bit of the precious ore found its way into federal records at the National Archives in Anchorage. Read the story of our little bit of gold at the Prologue blog.
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We don’t need to win gold at the Olympics; we already found some at the National Archives in Anchorage, Alaska!

At the end of the 19th century, thousands of gold-seekers headed to Alaska. Few found even enough gold to pay for the voyage north, but a little bit of the precious ore found its way into federal records at the National Archives in Anchorage.

Read the story of our little bit of gold at the Prologue blog.

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