HarcourtLeveledReadersOnlineDatabaseGRADE5Lesson27WORDCOUNT1,200GENREExpositoryNonfictionLEVELELL978015350297290000>ISBN-13:978-0-15-350297-2ISBN-10:0-15-350297-5byLisaMooreCover,©NewberryLibrary/SuperStock;p.3,©TheGrangerCollection,NewYork;4©Shutterstock;p.5,©CharlesandJosettaLenars/Corbis;p.7,©TheGrangerCollection,NewYork;p.10,©LibraryofCongress;p.11,©TheGrangerCollection,NewYork;p.13,©NaturalHistoryMuseumofLosAngelesCounty,SeaverCenter;p.14,©Bettmann/Corbis.Copyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887–6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinMexicoISBN10:0-15-350297-5ISBN13:978-0-15-350297-2OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-349940-0(Grade5ELLCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-349940-1(Grade5ELLCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357336-8(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357336-1(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891012612111009080706byLisaMooreTheUnitedStatesfrontierWestinthelate1800swasanexcitingplace.Manypeopletraveledtheretomakeanewhome.TheWestwasalsofullofadventuremuchlikeanotherfrontierthatwasfarthernorth.ThisnorthernfrontierwasAlaska.ManypeoplethoughtthatAlaskawasfullofgold.Theyrushednorthtofindit.3Whatisgold?Goldisaheavymetal.Itisusuallyyellowincolor.Goldisfoundintheearthlikeothermetalsare.Itisminedfromdeepunderground.Some...
