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Interview with Clarence Berry
Summary: The following provides information gathered through an interview with Clarence Berry and is in the form of a list.
- Yukon is in Canada
- Alaska was bought by Abraham Lincoln
- Yukon territory is in the Canadian rockies
- Its really cold
- Clarence left in 1894
- The 1890s were called the gay 90s
- Until a depression
- Until the Yukon gold rush came
- Finally decided to leave for Alaska
- He borrowed money from everyone
- It took 2 years to discover gold
- Came back to Fresno and married ethel bush
- They left on honeymoon to Alaska
- Brother fred left too
- they finally got a job at a bar
- after 6 months of going through the pass they finally sent word out
- george Washington carmack fouind gold on rabbit creek
- gold is from quartz
- he found gold and filled a shotgun shell with it
- they soon borrowed money from bill mcfee
- then staked a claim
- at bonanza river
- they found lots of it
- they sent out for other brother henry
- he brought 100 pounds of dried fruit...
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