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Some people became wealthy finding gold. More often though, people lost everything because they had spent all of their money travelling to the isolated region. If they could not find gold, they had to find other ways to survive. Many left the region after the Gold Rush. In Dawson City, the population dropped from 40 000 to less than 5 000 in just a few years.
< Dawson City was founded in 1896. Within six months there were already 500 houses! |