Ciisi nekeghalts´et

Historical marker location:

, Copper Center, Alaska

( Marker can be reached from Richardson Highway (at milepost 106.8).)

´fishwheel´

In the late 1800s, there was a gold rush in Alaska that drew thousands of prospectors to the region. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 brought tens of thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon, and was one of the largest gold rushes in history.