What Happened in Aug 1896

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Is Born

Journalist, short-story writer, and novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on August 8, 1896, in Washington, D.C. Rawlings is best known for... Read more

Skookum Party Discovers Gold Deposits in Bonanza Creek, Yukon

In August 1896, three people led by Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), a member of the Tagish First Nations, headed north, down the Yukon River from the... Read more