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 […]
The Assayer in charge of the US Assay Office branch in Seattle, John Phillips, made an announcement on August 20th, 1915. In that announcement, he said that during the fiscal year of 1915 that began on July 1st, 1914, and ran to June 30th, 1915, 19 tons of gold had been deposited […]
It was on July 27th, 1912, that the last roadblock barring Alaska from becoming a territory was overcome when the district of Alaska agreed to accept the U.S. Senate’s amendments to Alaska’s establishment of home rule. This agreement opened the way for the passage of the Second Organic Act establishing the Territory of Alaska and […]
