This Day in Alaska History-March 1st, 1879

By Alaska Native News on Mar 1, 2025   Featured, This Day in Alaskan History  

On March 1st, 1879, the HMS Osprey arrived in Sitka in response to the settlers having fears of an uprising of Tlingits living on the further end of the community. There was no U.S. military in the territory after the Army, for economic reasons, closed up the fort and left the territory two years earlier. […]