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10,000 BCE
Eurasian Migrants
15,000-10,000 BC
As the ice recedes nomads follow game across the Bering Strait. -
10,000 BCE
Ice Age
35,000-10,000 BC -
4000 BCE
Ice melts and migration increases
5,000-4,000 BC -
2000 BCE
Inuit
3,000-2,000 BC
Inuit -
1000
The Tuniit/ Dorset Culture
5,000-1,000 BC
Bows and arrows as well as expertly tailored skin clothing are hallmarks of these migrants. -
1500
Inuit and the Little Ice Age
1,500 AD -
Russians Arrive
1711 AD -
Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.
1728 -
Concentrated hunting of sea otter by Russia begins.
1743 AD
Commercial seal hunting -
Captain Cook
1776 Captain James Cook expedition to search for Northwest Passage. -
First White Settlement
1784 AD
1784 - Grigorii Shelikov establishes first white settlement at Three Saints Bay, Kodiak. -
Old Sitka
1799 AD
Old Sitka established by Russians -
USA begins to eyeball Alaska
1859 AD -
Gold
1861 AD gold is discovered -
Purchase from Russia
1867
USA gains control of Alaska through a purchase of 7.2 million$ -
Commercial canneries
1890 AD -
Oil
1891 AD -
More Gold
1896 AD
Dawson Creek and the Klondike gold rush -
Anchorage and Railroad Towns
1914 AD
Construction Alaskan Railroad; City of Anchorage born as construction campsite. -
Indian Reorganization Act
1936 AD
1936 - The Indian Reorganization Act of 1935 amended to include Alaska -
Native Boarding Schools
1946 AD
Boarding school for Native high school students opens at Mt. Edgecombe. -
Statehood
1959 AD
Alaska becomes a state -
Good Friday Earthquake
1964 AD Massive Quake slams Anchorage area -
Valdez Oil Spill
1989 AD -
Happy Anniversary
2009 50 years a state. -
I move to Alaska!
2020 AD
Life begins for me!