Work starts on White Pass and Yukon Railroad Congress appropriates money for telegraph from Seattle to Sitka Nome gold rush begins. 1899 - Local government organized in Nome.20th Century Alaska History Timeline1900 -Anchorage experienced rapid growth in the 1900s. In 1912, Alaska becomes a US Te...
Poker in Alaska has been part of the tradition since the gold rush days, and you can go all-in at several of these online casinos in Alaska. Bovada again is a great choice; their poker tournament offerings range from quick sit and goes all the way up to Million dollar monsters tourneys...
Gold Rush winner Novie McCabe on a run with her teammate, Sophia Laukli, last year in Alaska. (Photo: Novie McCabe) Stifel U.S. cross-country ski team member Novie McCabe recently won the Gold Rush Award. This award is given to the Nordic Olympic woman who “has represented the U.S....
Klondike gold rushGold miners with their supplies near Dyea, Alaska, 1897.(more) Since 1880 hard-rock ore minerals have been mined in Alaska, more than nine-tenths of which yieldgold,copper,zinc, andsilver. Prospecting has continued with modern scientific technology and aerial exploration. Among...
Klondike gold rush Gold miners with their supplies near Dyea, Alaska, 1897. Rare Book and Special Collections Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Kennecott copper mines Abandoned facilities of the Kennecott copper mines, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park... ...
The Gold Rush. The Iditarod. 'Seward’s Folly.' There are so many parts to Alaska's history that we are uncovering. On National Alaska Day, we get a chance to learn about and share in this history and celebrate the fact that this amazing land is a part of the U.S. Because we lov...
From 1867 until 1898 the US neglected the administration of the Territory. In 1896 the discovery of gold in the Yukon Territory of Canada fired the imagination of the world. The Gold Rush of 1898 resulted in a mass influx of more than 30,000 people. This brought thousands of gold seekers...
Sourdough is associated with gold rushes. During the Alaska gold rush, it was practically illegal to enter the state without sourdough. It kept you alive. A sourdough is someone who has weathered some time in Alaska.Alaska SlogansNorth to the Future Beyond Your Dreams Within Your ReachAlaska ...
and were spread out over a large area. The Mahlemiut people used these dogs for hauling food back to the villages. The gold rush in 1896 created a high demand for these dogs. On the other hand, Siberian Huskies originated with the Chuckchi people of northeastern Siberia. These people had...
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement inAlaska Also known as: Last Frontier Written by Maynard M. Miller Professor of Geology; Emeritus Dean, College of Mines and Earth Resources; Director, Glaciological and Arctic Sciences Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow. Director, Foundation for Gl...