Starting in the 1890s and stretching in some places to the early 1910s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought thousands of miners and settlers to Alaska.
stˈɑːɹɾɪŋ ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z ænd stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ ɪn sˌʌm plˈeɪsᵻz tə ðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn z, ɡˈoʊld ɹˈʌʃᵻz ɪn ɐlˈæskə ænd ðə nˈɪɹbaɪ jˈuːkən tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹi bɹˈɔːt θˈaʊzəndz ʌv mˈaɪnɚz ænd sˈɛtlɚz tʊ ɐlˈæskə.