Co-owner of the Lavelle Young, Captain Charles Adams, turned into the Chena River, a tributary of the Tanana, instead. Low water conditions stopped the journey before Barnette could reach his destination.
Barnette and his wife, Isabelle, were aboard the riverboat Lavelle Young in August 1901, trying to establish a trading post at Tanacross on the Tanana River. He tried to find gold in the creeks and valleys of the Tanana Valley where Fairbanks would begin before he found the 'American Klondike'. History Felix Pedroįelix Pedro spent years searching for gold. Discovery and exploration continue to thrive in and around modern-day Fairbanks. Fairbanks was a city largely built on gold rush fervor at the turn of the 20th century.
The Fairbanks Gold Rush was a gold rush that took place in Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 1900s. Gold rush near Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 1900s Geologic map of the Fairbanks District indicating placer mining along Pedro Creek
