NOME

NAME: Nome
COUNTY: Nome Borough
ROADS: None
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Snow in winter, Cold summers
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime but winter
COMMENTS: Still about 3000 residents.
REMAINS: Many original buildings amongst all the current residents.Semi-Ghost.
In 1898 there was a gold rush in the Nome area that attracted about 30,000 people. There was a 15 mile long tent mining camp along the beach. Over $1 million in gold was taken from beach sands in 1899 alone. Today one must reach Nome by air only.


Nome
Courtesy Akio Ohki


Nome
Courtesy Akio Ohki

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