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Nome’s glittering gold strike of 1898 lured thousands north by sea to seek their fortune in Alaska’s Bering Strait goldfields.

Man in the Middle In the field of high-power publicity, Walter Thompson is a quiet, unhucksterish huckster who never cooked a deal to sell a story January 1 1947 LESLIE ROBERTS Man in the Middle LESLIE ROBERTS January 1 1947 Man in the Middle In the field of high-power publicity, Walter Thompson is a quiet, unhucksterish huckster wh...

1:00 John B. Stetson came west as a young man. He was the son of a successful hatter. In the West, he recognized the need for a felt hat with a wide brim to keep off rain and sun. His famous "Boss of the Plains" hat became widely popular and he was forever associated with the figure of the western cowboy. Mary Robinson, the director of the McCracken Research Library, said Stetson soon become associated with good advertising as a symbol of the cowboy. This is very clearly seen by a book publishe...

Blu-ray: Marlene Dietrich at Universal 1940-1942 | reviews, news & interviews Blu-ray: Marlene Dietrich at Universal 1940-1942 Blu-ray: Marlene Dietrich at Universal 1940-1942 Four films that tested the stars durability with the American public by Graham FullerSunday, 07 March 2021 Falling in love again: Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in Seven SinnersUniversal Her glory years as the muse of Josef von Sternberg long gone, Marlene Dietrich had been labelled “box-office poison” a...

Prospectors with supplies at the Chilkoot Pass. In front: The Scales, left: Golden Steps. c. March 1 Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17359082 The Klondike Gold Find It all started on August 16, 1896, when George Carmack, an American prospector looking for gold by the Klondike River in Northwestern Canada near the Alaska border, discovered gold. He had been working the area accompanied by his Tagish wife Kate (Shaaw Tláa), her brother Shookum Jim (Keish) and their...