America's Historic Trails with Tom Bodett S01 E05 The Great Wagon Road: Philadelphia to Harpers Ferry

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.