This Day in Alaska History-July 29th, 1905

By Alaska Native News on Jul 29, 2024   Featured, This Day in Alaskan History  

The steel-hulled square-rigger sailing ship, the Star of Russia, bought by the Alaska Packers Association on November 1st, 1901, would run aground less than four years later. The ship ran aground on Chirikof Island on July 29th, 1905. There were no lives lost and it was soon refloated and repaired at a cost of $56,000 […]