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Europeans find Alaska
Bering's assistant,Alexei Chirikof sights Alaka. However they don't land yet... -
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Russian Era in Alaska
Bering's assistant, Alexei Chirikof sights Alaska but doesn't land. -
Cook Inlet
In search for the elusive Northwest Passage, British Explorer Captain James Cook explored the waterway that downtown Anchorage now borders. -
Church
Established on Kodiak Island is the very first Russian Orthodox Church -
Russians vs Native Americans
Returning to Sitka, the Russians attack Kiksadi Fort on Indian River. The Russians lose the battle, however the Natives are forced to flee and the trading post is re-established. -
F.Yukon
Fort Yukon is established. -
Oil
Seeping oil is found in Cook Inlet by Russian explorer-trappers -
Coal
Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on the Kenai Penninsula -
State
De Stoeckl returns to U.S from St. Petersburg with authority to negotiate the sale of Alaska. Alaska then becomes a state in 1959, from territory to state -
Gold!
Gold is discovered on the Stikine River near Telegraph Creek -
Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph Co. prepares to install a telegraph line across Alaska and through Siberia -
Seward's Folley?! $$$
Financially struggling, Russia is forced to sell Russia-America to the United States. Negotiated by U.S Secretary of State William Seward and the treaty buy what is now Alaska, for 7.2 million or about 2 cents an acre.
