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Russian explorers arrived in Alaska
They colonized the Alutiiq Nation and the people were swiftly forced to adapt to the new social and economic methods. -
Novarupta Eruption
This was a volcanic eruption in Alaska that lasted 3 days. It had 10 times more force than Mnt. St. Helens. -
Robert Griggs Finds Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
An expedition to Katmai led Robert Griggs to the conclusion of "The whole valley as far as the eye could reach was full of hundreds, no thousands-literally, tens of thousands-of smokes curling up from its fissured floor," he wrote. He called it "The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes." -
Katmai National named a National Park!!
Katmai was named a national park by President Woodrow Wilson -
President Coolidge issued an executive order eliminating 10 acres
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President Hoover added 1.6 million acres to Katmai National Monument
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Islands Added by FDR
Presidential proclamation which altered Katmai’s boundary to include “all islands in Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait in front of and within five miles of Katmai National Monument.” -
President Carter expands Katmai by 1.3
1.3 million acres to protect “a viable gene pool population of the Alaska brown bear…headwaters of the drainages which provide the spawning grounds for red salmon…and the unique subsistence culture of the local residents. Subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the area added to Katmai National Monument.” This was the first mention of subsistence in any of the Katmai proclamations. -
Carter signs the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
“to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown/grizzly bears and their denning areas; maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geologic, cultural, and recreational features.” -
Katmai Celebrates 100 year as a National Park
