Eccentric Seattle

Eccentric Seattle: Seattle, City of Gold
Eccentric Seattle: Seattle, City of Gold
12/3/20045:31
This show details the events leading up to the beginning of the Klondike Stampede in the late 1890's. Men and women from around the world came to Seattle, the northernmost departure point in the continental US for Dawson City - heart of the Gold Rush.
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