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Alaska’s Quiet Gold Rush

by | Mar 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

A history of Alaska’s gold rushes reveals riches found in historic mines today
He said his name was Tommy. In his 60s, he had driven his compact pickup truck from Mississippi all the way to Alaska. Arriving in Homer, he spent nearly $1,000 having the vehicle transported by the ocean ferry Tustumena for Popof Island, nearly 300 miles west of Kodiak. Popof can be one of Alaska’s most stunning vistas with its em


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