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.