TV Show Details
Air Date:April 1st, 1997
Last Air Date:June 24th, 1997
Network:PBS
Status:Ended
Original Language:English
America's Historic Trails with Tom Bodett (1997)
TV ShowPBS
Documentary
StarringTom Bodett
Plot
Three gold strikes sent thousands scrambling for the frozen gold fields of the far north between 1896 and 1903. Driven by optimism and gullibility, many found only ruin. Tom retraces their eager steps from Seattle to the Inside Passage along the Alaskan coastline and Skagway.