This Day in Alaska History-August 2nd, 1924

By Alaska Native News on Aug 2, 2023   Featured, This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History  

On August 2nd, 1924, a fire broke out in the power plant in Kennicott, the world’s leading producer of copper in the world. The steam-powered power plant produced electricity for the mines in the mountains, the  Bonanza, Jumbo, Mother Lode, and Erie, as well as for the town that had sprung up to house and […]