Alaska, a territory of the United States, would go through a fundamental change in 1917. It was announced on October 1917 by Skagway’s Daily Alaskan that kindergartens would soon be appearing in rural areas throughout Alaska. This was the result of the 1917 Uniform School Act. While at the time education focused on white and […]
While water was already available to buildings in downtown Skagway and the railway offices in 1904, water would soon be available throughout the city. The Daily Alaskan, the community’s newspaper, announced on October 15th, 1904, that the Skagway Municipal Waterworks would begin testing select water mains around town prior to beginning distribution of water throughout […]
On September 11th, 1958, at the age of eighty-four, “The Bard of the Yukon,” Robert W. Service, famed poet and writer, died in Lancieux, Côtes-d’Armor, France. Service was renowned as the poetic teller of tales, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” and the “Cremation of Sam McGee,” and many others. Many mistakenly believed that Service was […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Following a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Washington man Wednesday of distributing fentanyl pills that resulted in the overdose death of two men in Skagway. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between Jan. 1 to 13, 2023, Jacob Cotton, 34, of Spokane, Washington, agreed to sell […]