he answer to the question is simple. During the Gold Rush, prospectors followed each other like sheep, "rushing" from one likely spot to another, with little logic behind their travels. For example, 3,000 miners arrived in Hope in 1896. The next year, in 1897, all but 150 of them rushed somewhere else - to the Klondike. Then, in 1898, the year after that, 10,000 new miners rushed back into Hope. Around 200 residents live there now. And they're not rushing anywhere, at least not all the time. Proud of their historic town, they operate a nice museum. The rush depicted in this photograph is actually the start of the Hope Wagon Trail Run, held to benefit the local emergency medical services program. The event begins at the old log Social Hall, built in 1902, on Main Street. Photo: Hope Chamber of Commerce