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  Klondike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Klondike region in the Yukon Territory of Canada
The Klondike television series, which aired on the American network NBC in the early 1960s
A Klondike Derby is a winter competition event for Boy Scouts
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Klondike   (147 words)

  
 Klondike. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
It lies around Klondike R., a small stream that enters the Yukon R. from the E at Dawson.
The discovery in 1896 of rich placer gold deposits in Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, caused the Klondike stampede of 1897–1898.
The number in the Klondike in 1898 was c.25,000.
www.bartleby.com /69/54/K05454.html   (288 words)

  
 Klondike Gold Rush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and gold prospecting along the Klondike River near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century.
The population in the Klondike in 1898 may have reached 40,000, threatening to cause a famine.
During the rush Edmonton was believed to be a viable departure point for travel to the Klondike, but only a handful made it from that embarkation point long after the rush was over, due to the immense distance and subarctic travel conditions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush   (1269 words)

  
 Klondike Kate
"Klondike Kate" Ryan was not a dance-hall entertainer as her name might suggest or as Pierre Berton describes in his book "Klondike".
Klondike Kate left her mark in Canadian history as an early suffragette and important political figure in Northern Canada.
Klondike Kate died in 1932 in Vancouver at the age of 63.
www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Yukon/klondike_kate.htm   (309 words)

  
 Princess Diana's Klondike Dress Worn in Canada on Royal Tour
Princess Diana's Klondike Ensemble is a Pink/Peach Silk Period Dress and Hat in the style of 1880 worn by her during a Royal Tour to Canada in 1983.
The fairy-tale princess-like Klondike dress and hat is one of Diana's most published ensembles, with pictures of her wearing it appearing in over 50 publications, including books, magazines, CD ROMs, postcards, videos, etc. Even a doll has been made of her wearing the dress and hat.
Furthermore, because the Klondike dress and hat is in the style of the late 1800's when royalty was in its vogue, for many people the image of Diana wearing it is that of a fairy-tale princess.
www.princessdiana.ca   (15111 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Klondike (Yukon Territory)
Klondike (Yukon Territory), region in the western Yukon Territory, Canada, site of a great gold rush in the late 1890s.
The Klondike is in the vicinity of Dawson, where the Klondike and Yukon rivers meet.
On August 17, 1896, alluvial gold was discovered in Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761576003   (142 words)

  
 Klondike Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Klondike is available in two versions: a PPC-only Carbon version, and a 'universal' version which will run on any Macintosh.
Klondike 7.7.1, while it does not support an expanded layout, will run on any MacOS computer running System 6.x or later, including Mac OS X with Aqua (thanks to Eric Grant, author of FATCarbon, which allows Klondike to function as either a Carbon or Classic application automatically).
Klondike was originally written in 1984 for the first 128K Macintosh.
www.casteel.org   (357 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: KLONDIKE, TX
Klondike, also known as Pleasant Grove, Old Pleasant Grove, New Prospect, and Kate, is at the junction of Farm Roads 1528 and 2890, three miles southwest of Cooper in southwestern Delta County.
By 1933 the population of Klondike was 154.
When the school burned in 1945, the Klondike district was merged with the Shiloh system to form the West Delta school district.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/KK/hlk10.html   (544 words)

  
 The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The question of the Klondike excitement is of course connected to gold and to the promise of wealth that went along with gold.
Klondike: 14, 17, 49, 60, 66, 67, 68, 96, 97, 118, 122.
Klondike guidebook description of the gold produced by the miners that came down to Seattle and San Francisco on the first ships in July 1897.
www.washington.edu /uwired/outreach/cspn/curklon/main.html   (12931 words)

  
 Klondike Trail Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Klondike Trail Society is a group of local residents who are interested in locating, mapping, and marking the first 250 miles of the Trail from Edmonton to Dawson City, Yukon.
The Trail was used during the 1897/1898 Klondike Gold Rush and was promoted by the Edmonton Bulletin, Edmonton merchants, and the Government of Canada, as an all Canadian route to the easy gold of the Yukon.
The village was the location of one of the Hudson's Bay trading posts, and a pack horse trail was established between Edmonton and the fort in 1824.
www.klondiketrail.ca   (481 words)

  
 Klondike Annie (1936)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
KLONDIKE ANNIE (Paramount, 1936), directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Mae West, who's also credited with story and dialogue, is a different kind of Mae West production without taking away from the traditional Mae West persona.
In fact, KLONDIKE ANNIE became the only Mae West feature from her Paramount years (1932-1938) to be shown on AMC.
Then, around 1992-93, KLONDIKE ANNIE along with the other West/ Paramount titles, were distributed on video cassette from MCA/ Universal to commemorate the centennial of her birth, and some time afterwards, distributed onto the DVD format.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0027851   (1203 words)

  
 Electron Hut - cool games for palm
Klondike is the most common variation of card solitaire.
Klondike Solitaire for PalmOS has simple intuitive UI, large easy to read graphics, smooth card animation, and many options to customize the game.
Whether you're on a plane, train, or just waiting in line, Klondike is a fun way to pass the time.
www.electronhut.com /pilot/klondike   (52 words)

  
 Klondike, Ho! - ScoutDocs
Klondike Derby is a winter competition event for Scouts during which patrols will pull their Klondike sleds along a course in the woods.
Scouts Canada, Heritage Area Klondike Derby and its predecessor, the Chaudière Area Klondike Derby, in which I participated when I was a Scout.
Klondike Derby Sled Plans — A new design for a strong, light, and inexpensive Klondike sled.
scoutdocs.ca /Klondike   (416 words)

  
 The Probability of Unplayable Solitaire (Klondike) Games
Klondike, the version bundled with Windows, consists of seven stacks of cards containing a total of 28 cards, a deck of 24 cards, and four initially empty suit stacks.
The seven stacks are arranged in a single row with one card in the first stack, two cards in the second stack, three cards in the third stack, and so on.
Klondike has two variants; the player is either dealt three cards from the deck at a time, or is dealt one card at a time.
www.techuser.net /klondikeprob.html   (954 words)

  
 Klondike Ranch - Authentic Wyoming Working Cattle Ranch/Dude Ranch
Klondike is a working ranch located in one of North America's most historic and dramatic landscapes.
Klondike is an historic cattle ranch established in 1886.
The other legend says that, since the Indians would not bother one who was possessed by the spirit, the trappers wife roamed the vicinity of the canyon until she died of natural causes.
www.klondikeranch.com   (664 words)

  
 about   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Klondike Derby is held the first weekend in March with Scout age teams participating on Saturday and Cub age teams on Sunday.
The Klondike Derby is a contest requiring team work and tests the "Scouting Skills" of Cubs and Scouts.
The team visits ten Klondike "towns" where the "town mayor" assigns the team a particular task or activity.
members.shaw.ca /Area_Nine/aboutklondike.htm   (268 words)

  
 Klondike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It lies around the Klondike River, a small stream that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson.
The Klondike is famed in part because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1897.
A Klondike bar is a dessert consisting of ice cream encased in a chocolate shell.
www.wikiverse.org /klondike   (239 words)

  
 Klondike Fury (1942)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The very few 'exterior' shots of the Klondike terrain are clearly filmed indoors, on a level floor, as cornflake snow drifts straight downwards (no wind) and the actors' breath stays resolutely unfogged.
The two-man 'plane crashes in the middle of the Klondike.
Here in 'Klondike Fever', 187 miles from Moose Head (and considerably farther from Brisbane, Australia), Cook speaks his few lines of dialogue in a Brizzo accent.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0034948   (1048 words)

  
 Jack London at the Huntington Library-Klondike
In his Klondike stories, involving people in fundamental struggles with nature's indifference and cruel power, London could seek basic truths about humankind.
Almost overnight, London had begun to achieve fame (he was sometimes called the "Kipling of the Klondike"), and in 1900 Houghton, Mifflin and Company offered to publish London's Alaskan tales in book form, to be called The Son of the Wolf.
London's superb Klondike story, "To Build a Fire," was published in its first version in the Youth's Companion in the May 29, 1902 issue.
www.huntington.org /LibraryDiv/klondike.html   (526 words)

  
 Klondike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first half was installed in May 2003, and the remaining processors and memory arrived in August 2003.
Klondike was opened to users on October 1, 2003.
Note that as an HPCMP system, access to Klondike is controlled by ARSC's System Access Policy, and all users must possess a National Agency Check.
www.arsc.edu /resources/klondike.html   (211 words)

  
 Solitaire Central Rule Book - Klondike
Also, the first card of the first foundation is established during the intial deal, and is thus a random card rather than always an ace.
Agnes Sorel - Starts the same as Klondike, except that the first card of the first foundation is established during the intial deal, and all other foundations will also start with the same value.
Whitehead - Very similar to Klondike, except that after dealing out the twenty-eight cards to form the triangular shape of the tableau (all cards are dealt face-up), the twenty-ninth card forms the basis of the first foundation.
www.solitairecentral.com /rules/klondike.html   (938 words)

  
 Klondike
Klondike is basic Windows solitaire (the game that comes with Windows).
This version is actually a variation of the real Klondike, which does not allow redeals.
The earliest known reference to Klondike under this name appears in the 1914 book Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience.
www.goodsol.com /pgshelp/klondike.htm   (230 words)

  
 Klondike on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The discovery in 1896 of rich placer gold deposits in Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, caused the Klondike stampede of 1897-98.
Klondike Star Achieves Majority Interest in The Lone Star Claims.
Passengers on the Klondike Express out of Whittier on a trip which is marketed as the '26 Glaciers Cruise' through Prince William Sound.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Klondike.asp   (794 words)

  
 Klondike Case Refrigerators - Authentic Electric Wooden Refrigerators
Klondike Case Refrigerators - Authentic Electric Wooden Refrigerators
Klondike Case Refrigerator installed in a home in Wyoming.
Klondike Case Refrigerator installed in a 1914 Dutch Colonial home in Mamaroneck, New York.
www.klondikerf.com   (31 words)

  
 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
in the Klondike!" there unfolded in the Yukon and Alaska a brief but fascinating adventure, which has captured the imagination of people around the world ever since.
In August 1896 when Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, they had no idea they they would set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history.
Beginning in 1897, an army of hopeful goldseekers, unaware that most of the good Klondike claims were already staked, boarded ships and Seattle and other Pacific port cities and headed north toward the vision of riches to be had for the taking.
www.nps.gov /klgo/history.htm   (235 words)

  
 A Bibliography for the History of Skagway, Alaska, and the Klondike Gold Rush -- Tennessee Archaeology Net
CADELL, HENRY MOUERAY 1914 The Klondike and Yukon Goldfield in 1913.
NICHOLS, JEANNETTE PADDOCK 1922 Advertising and the Klondike.
WRIGHT, ALLEN A 1976 Prelude to Bonanza: The Discovery and Exploration of the Yukon.
www.mtsu.edu /~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/goldrush.html   (9336 words)

  
 The Klondike Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This magazine was posted in response to the popularity of the Klondike material that has been posted at our ExploreNorth site.
Its purpose is both to enable us to more clearly direct you to the Klondike material that's already on the 'Net, and to post some of the high-quality articles that are being written by other historian/writers.
The weekly articles have now slowed down to "occasional articles," but to discover the excitement of the Klondike, we invite you to visit our Archives, where all of the past features (about 30 of them) remain.
www.yukonalaska.com /klondike/index.html   (202 words)

  
 My Klondike - Klondike Game Studio
With this highly customizable Klondike Game Studio you can customize entire Klondike game rules by selecting Number of Tableau piles, Tableau arranging order, Foundation arranging order, foundation base card, number of cards in foundation, ace-king wrapping in tableau and multi card movement in tableau.
Game-wise tab in My Klondike provides Game Wise Statistics for all created and standard Klondike games with chart and Date-wise tab gives you detailed Statistics which can be arranged by date, month and year.
In My Klondike you can either choose a predefined background color, or background picture or you can create your own background color with the color dialog box by specifying Red Green Blue values.
www.zonora.com /myklondike   (809 words)

  
 three_rivers_klondike_derby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Klondike is a region in the Yukon Territory of Canada where gold was discovered in 1896.
A Scout Klondike Derby is based on the real life struggles across the frozen Klondike by men and dogs in search of wealth in the gold fields.
The sled is loaded with the material and equipment needed to solve the problems at the stations, as well as lunch for the Patrol members.
home.comcast.net /~suncrest5/three_rivers_klondike_derby.htm   (1618 words)

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