NOME
|
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. |
|
|
|
