This Day in Alaska History-November 3rd, 1913
This Day in Alaska History-November 2nd, 1920
This Day in Alaska History-October 31st, 1912
In the first such effort of its kind in the territory of Alaska, The Audubon Society announced a program to protect the breeding grounds of geese and other migrating birds in the territory. This was done to try and circumvent the disappearance of geese and other migratory birds in the lower 48 because of encroaching […]
This Day in Alaska History-October 30th, 1908
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 […]