This Day in Alaskan History-April 19th, 1933
This Day in Alaska History-April 10th, 1885
It was on this day in 1885 that President Benjamin Harris appointed Alaska’s first General Agent of Education. The appointment went to Presbyterian minister and missionary Dr. Sheldon Jackson Jackson, by the time of his appointment had already established numerous Christian schools for Native children. He would continue this throughout his occupying of this […]
This Day in Alaska History-January 22nd, 1902
Governor Dunleavy Appoints George Rauscher and Cathy Tilton to Alaska State Senate
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the appointments of Representative George Rauscher and Representative Cathy Tilton to the Alaska State Senate, filling vacancies created by the resignations of Senator Mike Shower and Senator Shelley Hughes. “I can’t think of two Alaskans more qualified and committed to public service to serve in the Alaska Senate […]