July 21st, 1917
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This Day in Alaskan History-July 16th, 1916
This Day in Alaska History-March 29, 1867
It was on March 29th, 1867, that the stirrings began that would change this great northern land into the territory then state of Alaska. It was on this day that the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard Andreevich Stoeckl, rushed to Secretary of State William H. Seward to bring him important news from […]
This Day in Alaska History-March 4th
On March 4th, in the United States Congress, the Alaska Railway bill was signed by all conferees and turned over to both houses of congress. While the act stated ports on the southern coast were eligible for railway terminus, only two looked to be adequate, Cordova and Seward. But, conferees also submitted a […]