A day after President Taft received the request from Alaska to be granted territory status, which he did not reply to, the president went before an audience at the AYP Amphitheatre in Seattle. When he spoke there on October 1st, 1909, he spoke in opposition to granting that status to the District of Alaska. He […]
Every newspaper in the District of Alaska, except the Juneau Record, every mayor in every town, and Delegate Wickersham signed a cablegram to President Taft while he was in Seattle. The September 30th, 1909 cablegram contained a request to President Taft to urge Congress to pass a bill establishing a territorial legislature for Alaska. President […]
With the stroke of a pen, the fate of Alaska would change in 1912. On August 24th, 1912, President William Taft signed the Act brought to the U.S. Government from Alaska by Delegate James Wickersham. While Wickersham was responsible for many advancements in Alaska, the signing of that Act was Wickersham’s foremost […]
