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Bering's assistant,Alexei Chirikof sights Alaka. However they don't land yet...
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Bering's assistant, Alexei Chirikof sights Alaska but doesn't land.
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In search for the elusive Northwest Passage, British Explorer Captain James Cook explored the waterway that downtown Anchorage now borders.
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Established on Kodiak Island is the very first Russian Orthodox Church
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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.
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Fort Yukon is established.
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Seeping oil is found in Cook Inlet by Russian explorer-trappers
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Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on the Kenai Penninsula
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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
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Gold is discovered on the Stikine River near Telegraph Creek
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Western Union Telegraph Co. prepares to install a telegraph line across Alaska and through Siberia
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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.
