Alaska Alive

By rebekkakelly
  • 6000 BCE

    Unangan Colonized the Aleutian Islands

  • Aluet Peoples First Contact With Europeans

  • Bruno de Hexeta led Spanish Expedition to Sitka Sound

    Claimed Region for Spain

  • Captain Cook Sails into the Cook Inlet

    Captain Cook sails into the Cook Inlet and up the Western Coast of Alaska to the Arctic Ocean.

  • Tlingit Haida Peoples First Contact With Europeans

  • First Russian Settlement

    The first Russian Settlement was created on Kodiak Island.

  • Athabascan Peoples First Contact with Europeans

  • Inupiaq Peoples First Contact with Europeans

  • Alaska is purchased!

    The United States purchases Alaska for two cents an acre.

  • Organic Act Passed

    This act established the first civil government in Alaska and provided the legal basis for federal provision of education.

  • Yupik People Contact With Europeans

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    Klondike Gold Rush

    The Klondike Gold Rush brought over 100,000 people to Alaska to seek their fortune.

  • Gold Discovered in Nome

  • AL-CAN Highway Completed

    Highway connects Alaska to the Contiguous United States through Canada.

  • Alaska becomes a state!

    President Eisenhower signs a declaration and Alaska officially becomes the 49th state.

  • Alaska Marine Highway Completed

    This highway made the state more accessible than before.

  • Good Friday Earthquake

    9.2 magnitude earthquake that struck south-central Alaska and killed 139 people.

  • Oil discovered in Prudhoe Bay

  • The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

    This Act give Alaska natives land and capital, including establishing the Native Corporations.

  • Molly Hootch case settled

    As a result of this case the state government agreed to build local schools for students K-12 in all communities with at least 10 school-age children.

  • Trans-Alaska Pipeline Completed

  • The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

    This act helped establish the huge public lands system that many Alaskans still enjoy today.

  • Exxon Valdex Oil Spill

  • State-Tribal Commission Established

    Commission created by Governor Tony Knowles as a basis for a working relationship between state agencies and Alaska Native tribes.