This Day in Alaska History-September 23rd, 1928

Erik Lindbolm, one of the three Swedes who struck it rich and spurred the Nome Gold Rush, would pass away at his residence in the Claremont Hotel in Oakland, which he owned, on September 23rd, 1928, 30 years and one day after the discovery in Alaska that made him famous. Lindbolm had purchased the Claremont […]
