On October 18th, 1867, the Russian flag was lowered in Russian America for the last time when it was lowered from its pole on Castle Hill in Sitka. It took place during the ceremony when Alaska was officially turned over to the United States. When the flag was lowered, it got hung up and had […]
On the morning of September 18th, 1915, a tremendous explosion took place in Prince William Sound. The explosion originated at the Granite Mine in Hobo Bay. A ton and a half of dynamite was deemed to have been set off by a disgruntled employee who had been fired the day before. Despite the massive explosion […]
Seward’s founder John Ballaine, 58 “Pioneers,” and 25 Central Railway workers pulled into Resurrection Bay on August 28th, 1903. Upon their arrival aboard the “Santa Ana”, they joined the sole family in the area, Mrs. Lowell and her family, and began expanding their new community just north of Lowell Point in earnest. A year before, […]
