Nome, Alaska
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Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a
Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Gold Pan, Anvil City Square
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, July 2006
Inuit music and dance near Nome, 1900
Nome Gold Rush
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The Nome Gold Rush was a gold rush in Nome, Alaska, approximately 1899–1909. It is distinct from other gold rushes by the ease with which the metal could be obtained. Much of the gold was lying in the
Prospectors on Nome beach ca. 1900.
View of the beach west of Nome, 1900, with numerous tents and much mining equipment
Hydraulic lift on creek, 1905
Sea port 1900s