- Narrator: This is the Yukon - scene of the most fabulous gold rush in history. Never has there been a more colorful era of pioneering. In their vivid quest for riches, men from all walks of life swept northward by the countless thousands. Dawson - the hub of the gold fields, with hordes of miners and prospectors scattered along the surrounding creeks. But all of those who came to the Yukon did not occupy their time digging for gold. There were men like Cris Darby who had found other ways of acquiring a fortune.