This Day in Alaska History-August 20th, 1915
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This Day in Alaska History-July 27th, 1912
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 […]
An early ascent of the Yukon River
Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn’t imagine it. Two years after Secretary of State William Seward had brokered the purchase of Alaska from Russia, U.S. leaders suspected […]
This Day in Alaskan History-April 11th, 1905
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