On October 30th, 1908, the city of Haines had its first efforts to incorporate denied by District Judge Royal Arch Gunnison. According to the judge, despite the people of Haines having the right of self-government, his reason for denial of the petition of incorporation as a city was that the population threshold of 300 persons […]
Every newspaper in the District of Alaska, except the Juneau Record, every mayor in every town, and Delegate Wickersham signed a cablegram to President Taft while he was in Seattle. The September 30th, 1909 cablegram contained a request to President Taft to urge Congress to pass a bill establishing a territorial legislature for Alaska. President […]
