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Railroads, Pipelines and FDR Goes Fishing in Kodiak: This Week in Alaska History: August 1–August 7
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
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This Week In Alaska History: 7/26-8/1: The Earth Shakes & Gold Fever Spreads From Nome To Skagway
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
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This Week In Alaska History 7/19-7/25. Whale Attacks Steam Vessel Near Akutan!
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
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This Week In Alaska History 7/12-7/18. Russian Sloop of War Neva arrives in Kodiak
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
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This Week In Alaska History 7/5-7/11 Juneau Gets The Telephone!
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
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This Week In Alaska History: Hyder, AK Burns 6/28/1928
June 28, 1928: Hyder Fire Devastates Town Modern Day Hyder, AK From British Columbia A massive fire swept through Hyder, Alaska,...
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This Week In Alaska History: US Purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 Million
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
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This Week In Alaska History: $15 Billion In Damages From Exxon Valdez
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
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This Week In Alaska History: Japanese Forces Landed on Attu Island 6/7/1942
Alaska Means Business takes a look at the news-making events in Alaska over the years, decades, centuries, and millennia.
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