American Timeline

By namenonsa

  • Russia sells Alaska to the U.S.

  • Gold discovered near Juneau

  • Capital established in Juneau

  • Chester Arthur signs the Organic Act

  • Klondike Gold Rush

  • Nome Gold Rush

  • Harriman Expedition to Alaska

  • Gold discovered near Fairbanks

  • Alaska - Canada border established through arbitration

  • Alaska becomes a territory

  • Nelson Act establishes schools for white children

  • First salmon cannery constructed on Prince of Wales Island

  • Women in Alaska granted the right to vote

  • Founding of the University of Alaska

  • Jones Act regulating American shipping

  • Seward to Fairbanks railroad completed

  • Serum run to Nome (first Iditarod)

  • Slim Williams begins trip from AK to D.C. by dogsled

  • Matanuska Colony established

  • Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  • Completion of Alaska Highway

  • Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor

  • Japanese invade Attu Island

  • Alaskan Constitution written and approved

  • Alaska is officially proclaimed the 49th state