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Hunting Otter Fur by Russia
One year after first scientific report on fur seal -
First Non-native Settlement
Grigorii Shelikhov establishes the first permanent non-Native settlement at Three Saints Bay, Kodiak. -
England vs. Spain
George Vancouver leaves England to explore Alaska's coast; Alejandro Malaspina explores the Pacific Northwest coast for Spain -
First Church
The first Russian Orthodox Church is established at Kodiak -
Tlingits fight back
Tlingits drive Russians from Old Sitka; few Russians survive. -
Tlingit take a hit
Russians return to Sitka and attack Tlingit Kiksadi fort on Indian River. Russians lose the battle, but Natives are forced to flee. Baranov reestablishes the Russian settlement at the modern site of Sitka. -
Furs going worldwide
Yurii Lisianski sails to Canton with the first Russian cargo of furs to be sent directly to China. -
Russians Exploring Inland
Russians begin exploration of mainland Alaska that leads to discovery of the Nushagak, Kuskokwim, Yukon, and Koyukuk Rivers -
Russian Orthodox grows
Russian Orthodox diocese formed. Bishop Innokenty Venianminov given permission to use Native languages in the liturgy. -
Fort Yukon Established by traders
Fort Yukon established by the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. -
STRUCK OIL
Russian explorer trappers find oil seeps in Cook Inlet. -
Coal Mining Begins
Coal mining begins at coal harbor on kenai -
STRUCK GOLD
Gold discovered near telegraph creek -
US buys AK
U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia; Pribilof Islands placed under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Fur seal population which was stable under Russian rule, declines rapidly. -
First Newspaper
The Sitka Times, Alaska's first newspaper is published. -
Commercial Fishing
The first commercial herring fishery begins at Killisnoo; near Angoon and the first two canneries are built in Central Alaska. The U.S. Navy bombs and burns the Tlingit village of Angoon. -
First Local Government and Education
Congress passes the Organic Act, allowing the first local government, and $15,000 is appropriated to educate Indian children. -
General Agent for Education
Dr. C.H. Townsend suggests the introduction of reindeer into Alaska. Sheldon Jackson appointed General Agent for Education in Alaska. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
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Working on the railroad
Skagway is the largest city in Alaska; work starts on White Pass and Yukon railroad; Congress appropriates money for telegraph from Seattle to Sitka; Nome gold rush begins -
Anchorage is born
surveying begins for alaska railroad, anchorage is a construction campsite -
Agricultural college and school of mines
Congress creates Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines as a land grant college -
Native voting rights
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Alaskans are citizens
Congress extends citizenship to all Indians in the United States, Tlingit William Paul, Sr. is the first Native elected to Alaska Legislature. Start of airmail delivery to Alaska. -
Native kids go to school
Court case resolves the right of Native children to attend public school. -
Japan invades the Aleutians
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Alaska Highway completed
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Boarding School for Natives
A boarding school for Native high school students opens at Mt. Edgecumbe -
AK is a state
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Alaskan Native village corps are established
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Alaska time zone changed
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Homer gets McDonalds
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Subsistence is okay according to the government