In 1896, George Carmack discovered gold in a tributary of the Klondike River, Canada, precipitating the famous gold rush.

CNN: Monday,

The road began as the result of a scam back in the Klondike days of 1898, when thousands of prospectors were scrambling to get to the diggings in the Yukon.

BBC: Journey into the Alaskan wild

During hundreds of camping trips and meetings and service projects and weird and wonderful events such as the Klondike Derby (a cold-weather competition in which scouts drag makeshift sleds over frozen ground for hours), I learned how to adapt to changing circumstances on the fly while keeping the main goals in sight.

WSJ: A Lesson From the Scouts' Own Book

"Sourdough" even became the nickname for California Klondike miners at the turn of the last century because they carried starter in their backpacks to make bread without having to find a town, let alone yeast.

NPR: Sourdough: More than a Bread