Publisher's Note In vintage photos, personal stories, and related historic material, Children of the Gold Bush portrays the lives of the indomitable kids who first came to Alaska and the Yukon Territory. In a land where freezing, dark winters and mosquito-filled summers challenged even the hardiest pioneers, the children had to be as tough as the adults and quick to adapt to new conditions -- learning to eat caribou and moose and dressing in fur. Some children left after a few years; others stayed and raised their own children in the frontier.