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Russian Ships Arrive
Vitus Bering, led a Russian expedition with George Steller, they made the first "discovery" of Alaska, landing on or near what today is Kayak Island. -
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First Russian Settlement
The first Russian Settlement in Alaska founded by Grigory Shelikhov was established at Three Saints Bay and later moved Kodiak Island. -
Russian American Company Established
The company was chartered by Tsar Paul I in the Ukase of 1799, and was mainly expected to establish new settlements in Russian America and carry out an expanded colonization program. -
Tlingit destroy Russina trading post
In June 1802, a group of Tlingit warriors attacked the Russian fort at mid-day. Led by Skautlelt (Shḵ'awulyéil) and Kotleian, the raiding party massacred many, looted the sea otter pelts, and burned the settlement, including a ship under construction. -
Battle of sitka
The Battle of Sitka (1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. -
Treaty of St Petersburg
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First mission school for Eskimo's
First mission school for the Eskimos was established at Nushagak by Russian-Greek Orthodox Church -
Fort Yukon established
Fort Yukon was founded in 1847 by Alexander Murray as a Canadian outpost in Russian Territory. -
Oil discovered in cook Inlet
Oil seeps in Cook Inlet discovered by employees of Russian-America Company -
US buys Alaska from Russia
On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. -
Sheldon Jackson arrives in Alaska
In 1877, Jackson began his work in Alaska. During his time in Alaska he founded numerous schools and training centers. -
Salmon canneries established in klawock
The first salmon canneries in Alaska had been built in 1878 at Klawock and Sitka. -
Sheldon Jackson named General Agent of Education
In 1885 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to be General Agent of Education in Alaska. Jackson's responsibility was to make provisions for the education of children in Alaska towns and villages "without regard to race." -
Reindeer first imported to Alaska
Captain Healy and Dr. Jackson, using $2,146.00 collected from private sources, purchase and transport sixteen live deer to Aleutian Islands to test reaction of deer to the voyage. ht a total of 171 reindeer along with 5 Siberian herders, employed as herding instructors, to the Teller Reindeer Station established at Port Clarence. -
Alaska Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Canada.Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1899 after gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska -
Alaska Homesteading Act
President McKinley signs legislation to extends homesteading to include Alaska. -
Nome Gold Rush
The Nome Gold Rush was a gold rush in Nome, Alaska, approximately 1899–1909. It is separated from other gold rushes by the ease of which gold could be obtained. Much of the gold was lying in the beach sand of the landing place and could be recovered without any need for a claim. During the rush Nome was a sea port without a harbor, and the biggest town in Alaska. -
Rail service come to Alaska
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The Nelson Act 1905
An Act To provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska. The schools constructed using these funds were specifically constructed for the education of white children. Sec 7 states that the schools specified and provided for in this Act shall be devoted to the education of white children and children of mixed blood who lead a civilized life. -
Alaska becomes US territory
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 24, 1912, until January 3, 1959, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska. -
Denali National Park established
Established 1917 as Mt. McKinley National Park, to protect the area’s wildlife. Tripled in size and renamed Denali National Park and Preserve, in honor of the local Indian name for the big mountain, by the historic 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. -
Alaska Native Indians receive US citizenship
Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted citizenship to all American Indian and Alaska Native people who were not already citizens of the United States. Under the Act, all Indian and Alaska Native people became U.S. citizens. They did not have to apply for citizenship, and they did not have to give up their tribal citizenship to become U.S. citizens. -
Serum run to Nome Alaska
The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the U.S. territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs 674 miles (1,085 km) in five and a half days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from an incipient epidemic. -
Indian Reorganization Act
Indian Reorganization Act, also called Wheeler–Howard Act, measure enacted by the U.S. Congress, aimed at decreasing federal control of American Indian affairs and increasing Indian self-government and responsibility. -
Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor
The Battle of Dutch Harbor took place on 3–4 June 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched two aircraft carrier raids on the Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Fort Mears at Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island, during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. -
The Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act
Alaska Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening signed the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Bill on February 16, 1945 -
Alaska Highway opens to the public
The Alaska Highway was constructed during World War II f The highway was opened to the public in 1948. -
Alaska becomes a state
On Jan. 3, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state. -
The Good Friday Earthquake of 1964
The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 P.M.
