August 1, 1959: Alaska’s First State Legislature Convenes August 2, 1958: Construction Begins on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System August 3, 1908: First Automobile Arrives in Fairbanks August 4, 1899: White Pass & Yukon Route Railway Opens (Skagway) August 5, 1975: Exxon Begins Exploratory Drilling in Prudhoe Bay August 6, 1886: First Recorded Eruption of Mount Redoubt August 7, 1944: President Roosevelt Fishes on Kodiak Island

This Week in Alaska History: 7/26-8/1: The Earth Shakes & Gold Fever Spreads From Nome To Skagway July 26, 1943: U.S. Forces Intensify Aleutian Campaign Against Japanese Occupation - July 27, 1897: Bonanza Creek Gold Find Ignites Rush to Skagway - July 28, 1900: Nome Gold Rush Peaks with Anvil Creek Boom- July 29, 2021: Chignik Earthquake Shakes Alaska Peninsula - July 30, 1868: Fort Wrangell Established to Secure U.S. Control - July 31, 2007: Earthquake Swarm Rattles Northe

July 19, 1917: Steam Whaling Vessel Tanginak Attacked by Whale July 20, 1897: Carl Ben Eielson, Pioneer Aviator, Born July 23, 1906: First Wireless Telegraph Station Established in Alaska July 25, 1910: First Ascent of Denali’s North Peak

July 12, 1741: Russian Explorer Aleksei Chirikov Sights Alaskan Mainland at Baker Island July 13, 1921: Scott C. Bone Assumes Role as Alaska’s Tenth Governor in Juneau July 14, 1804: Russian Ship Neva Arrives at Kodiak, Marking Global Voyage Milestone July 15, 1923: President Warren G. Harding Drives Golden Spike at Nenana, Completing Alaska Railroad July 16, 1786: British Ships King George and Queen Charlotte Arrive at Cook Inlet

This Week In Alaska History: July 5, 1869: Steamboat Yukon Enters Yukon River, First to Do So July 6, 1921: Fire Destroys Chilkat Oil Company Plant July 7, 1920: President Warren G. Harding Visits Alaska During Voyage July 8, 1937: Radio Telephone Service Inaugurated Between Juneau and Seattle July 9, 1953: Mount Spurr Erupts, Blanketing Anchorage with Ash July 10, 1899: Fort Gibbon Military Reserve Established Near Tanana July 11, 1921: Last Russian Blockhouse Razed in Si

June 28, 1928: Hyder Fire Devastates Town Modern Day Hyder, AK From British Columbia A massive fire swept through Hyder, Alaska,...

This Week In Alaska History: US Purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 Million A Great Week In The History Of The Great Land 6/20-6/27 June 20, 1867: U.S. President Andrew Johnson Announces Alaska Purchase June 21, 1905: Midnight Sun Baseball Game Tradition Begins in Fairbanks June 22, 1942: Japanese Forces Bomb Dutch Harbor in World War II June 23, 1912: Novarupta Eruption Continues, Largest Volcanic Event of the 20th Century June 24, 1741: Vitus Bering’s Expedition Sights A

This Week In Alaska History June 13, 1994: Exxon Valdez Disaster Blamed on Recklessness in Anchorage Jury Verdict June 14, 1913: Princess Sophia Strikes Sentinel Island Reef near Juneau June 15, 1929: First Non-Stop Flight from Seattle to Juneau Completed June 17, 1969: Matanuska-Susitna Valley Designated as Disaster Area After Flooding June 18, 1903: U.S. Senator W.P. Dillingham Arrives in Sitka June 19, 1900: Military Department of Alaska Established To Support Gold Rush

Alaska Means Business takes a look at the news-making events in Alaska over the years, decades, centuries, and millennia.