America's Historic Trails with Tom Bodett S01 E06 The Wilderness Trail: Shenandoah Valley Through the Cumberland Gap

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.