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Online Lecture: Seattle’s Gold Rush — Ho for the Klondike!

Program No. 24976RJ
Join us on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 2 p.m. (ET)/ 11 a.m. (PT) for a one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn about how the Klondike Gold Rush shaped Seattle history.
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When prospectors finally struck pay dirt in the Yukon, Seattle was more than ready to mine the miners. Hopeful men and women rode the railroads to Seattle and the city eagerly met them, offering to sell outfitting, entertainment and ship passage north. From bank deposits to brothel profits, the Klondike Gold Rush made Seattle, inflating it from a large town in 1890 to a small city by 1905. Using richly illustrated images, historian and author Lorraine McConaghy will show the lively experience of the Gold Rush city at work and play.

General Notes

Your online lecture will take place live over the course of 1-2 hours. All times are listed in the EASTERN time zone. If you live in a different time zone, please adjust your schedule accordingly. This live online experience uses Zoom Webinar, an easy-to-use web video service that includes closed captioning. All you need is an Internet connection and your computer. You will receive a confirmation email when you enroll, and a reminder email one week and one day before, as well as the morning of the event with a link and instructions on how to tune in. You will not be pictured on screen during the lecture, but you will have the opportunity to ask the instructor live questions using the Q&A box. Unless otherwise noted, all those who enroll in this program receive access to the live event as well as a recording of the lecture that you can watch any time within the two weeks following the live event.
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Lorraine McConaghy
Dr. Lorraine McConaghy is the public historian emerita at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. She has taught history and museum studies at the University of Washington, North Seattle College, and Pacific Lutheran University. She has received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching History and the Robert Gray Medal, the most distinguished award in Washington State for an historian. Her research interests focus on the Civil War in Washington Territory and the biography of Washington Territory’s third governor, Richard Dickerson Gholson.

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Dr. Lorraine McConaghy is the public historian emerita at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. She has taught history and museum studies at the University of Washington, North Seattle College, and Pacific Lutheran University. She has received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching History and the Robert Gray Medal, the most distinguished award in Washington State for an historian. Her research interests focus on the Civil War in Washington Territory and the biography of Washington Territory’s third governor, Richard Dickerson Gholson.
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