Alaska, a territory of the United States, would go through a fundamental change in 1917. It was announced on October 1917 by Skagway’s Daily Alaskan that kindergartens would soon be appearing in rural areas throughout Alaska. This was the result of the 1917 Uniform School Act. While at the time education focused on white and […]
While water was already available to buildings in downtown Skagway and the railway offices in 1904, water would soon be available throughout the city. The Daily Alaskan, the community’s newspaper, announced on October 15th, 1904, that the Skagway Municipal Waterworks would begin testing select water mains around town prior to beginning distribution of water throughout […]
Austin “Cap” Lathrop, widely known as “Alaska’s first home-grown millionaire,” established his presence in the territory of Alaska when he purchased the steamship, L.J. Perry. He would use that vessel to transport goods to Alaska first, then, after the Gold Rush began, prospectors and the goods they needed. He made his home in Valdez and […]
The Daily Gateway newspaper in Seward reported the progress of the Alaska Central Railway to its readers on October 13th, 1905. The workers had reached mile 40 of the track bound for Anchorage. The first miles of track were slow and tedious, but speed gradually increased to approximately a mile every three days. But, as […]