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| History of Alaska |
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| Prehistory |
| Russian Alaska (1733-1867) |
| Department of Alaska (1867-1884) |
| District of Alaska (1884-1912) |
| Alaska Territory (1912-1959) |
| Recent history (1959-present) |
| Other topics |
The Department of Alaska was the designation for the government of Alaska from its purchase by the United States of America in 1867 until its organization as the District of Alaska in 1884. Russian Alaska was the period between 1733 and 1867 in which Russia controlled the territory that today is the Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The District of Alaska was the governmental designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, when it became Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Prehistoric Alaska begins with Paleolithic peoples moving into northwestern North America sometime between 60000 and 50000 BC across the Bering Land Bridge Russian Alaska was the period between 1733 and 1867 in which Russia controlled the territory that today is the The District of Alaska was the governmental designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, when it became The Alaska Territory was an incorporated territory of the United States from 1912 to 1959 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The District of Alaska was the governmental designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, when it became During the Department era, Alaska was variously under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army (until 1877), the United States Department of the Treasury (from 1877 until 1879) and the U.S. Navy (from 1879 until 1884). The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the Treasury of the United States government. The area later became the District of Alaska, then the Alaska Territory, then the State of Alaska. The District of Alaska was the governmental designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, when it became The Alaska Territory was an incorporated territory of the United States from 1912 to 1959 Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent
At the instigation of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, the United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (approximately $90,750,000 in 2005 dollars, adjusted for inflation) on 9 April 1867, and the United States flag was raised on 18 October of that same year (now called Alaska Day). The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs This article is about the New York Governor and Secretary of State The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Alaska Day is a legal holiday in the US state of Alaska, observed on October 18. Coincident with the ownership change, the de facto International Date Line was moved westward, and Alaska changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Therefore, for residents, Friday, October 6, 1867 was followed by Friday, October 18, 1867; two Fridays in a row because of the date line shift. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
On the morning of October 18, 1867, USS Ossipee arrived at Sitka with Russian Commissioner Captain Alexis Pestchouroff and American Commissioner General Lowell H. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Rousseau on board. That afternoon, 250 American soldiers, 80 Russian soldiers, Russian-American Company Chief Manager Prince Maksutov and his wife, and a group of locals assembled at the flagstaff in front of the governor's residence (on what has come to be known as "Baranof (Baronov) Castle Hill") to witness the flag of Russia being lowered and the U.S. flag being raised in its place. Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating
A dual cannon salute was fired for each flag, and each Commissioner gave a short speech. Perhaps misunderstanding the directions, the Russian soldier bringing his country's flag down tore it loose, then dropped it. The banner drifted down and was caught on a portion of the upraised bayonets of the Russian garrison. Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops Princess Maksutova is said to have fainted at the sight.
Supposedly, the first American administrator of Alaska was Polish immigrant Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski (] (Wladimir Krzyzanowski (July 8 1824 &ndash January 31 1887 was a Polish military leader and a Brigade commander in However, the Anchorage Daily News was unable to find any conclusive information to support or disprove this claim. The Anchorage Daily News is a daily Newspaper based in Anchorage Alaska, in the United States. [1] The purchase was not popular in the contiguous United States, where Alaska became known as "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox". However, the resources of Alaska would soon show that this was a wise buy. Alaska celebrates the purchase each year on the last Monday of March, calling it Seward's Day. Seward's Day is a legal holiday in the US state of Alaska. It falls on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the Alaska Purchase
When America had first bought Alaska, vast regions of the area still remained unexplored. In 1865, Western Union decided to lay a telegraph line across Alaska to Bering Strait where it would connect with an Asian line. The Western Union Company ( is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. Robert Kennicott, part of a Western Union surveying effort, had led his crew to Nulato on the banks of the Yukon. Robert Kennicott ( November 13, 1835 - May 13, 1866) was an American naturalist. He died the following year and William H. Dall took charge of scientific affairs. William Healey Dall, ( August 21, 1845 - March 27, 1927) was a great American naturalist and a prominent malacologist The Western Union expedition conducted the first scientific studies of the region and produced the first map of the entire Yukon River. The Russian American telegraph also known as the Western Union Telegraph Expedition and the Collins Overland telegraph was an $3000000 undertaking by the Western The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. That same year, 1866, workers finally succeeded in laying an Atlantic undersea telegraph cable, and the Alaskan overland project was abandoned. Dall returned to Alaska many times, recording and naming geological features.
The Alaska Commercial Company also contributed to the growing exploration of Alaska in the last decades of the 1800s, building trading posts along the Interior's many rivers. The Alaska Commercial Company was a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. Small parties of trappers and traders entered the Interior, and, though the federal government provided little money to the region, army officers would occasionally explore on their own. In a four-month journey, Lt. Frederick Schwatka and his party rafted the Yukon from Lake Lindeman in Canada to Saint Michael near the river's mouth on the Bering Sea. Frederick Schwatka ( 29 September 1849 – 2 November 1892) was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law and a noted The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) which rises through In 1885, Lt. Henry T. Allen and four others left the Gulf of Alaska, followed the Copper River, crossed a mountain range, and traveled down the Tanana River to the Yukon, and portaged to the Kanuti and Koyukuk rivers. Henry Tureman Allen (April 13 1859 - August 30 1930 is known for exploring the Copper River in Alaska in 1885 along with the Tanana and Koyukuk The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and The Copper River or Ahtna River ( Ahtna Athabascan ' Atna) is a river approximately 300 mi (480 km long in south-central Alaska in The Tanana River (ˈtænənɑː is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U Allen went up the Koyukuk, then back down the Yukon, crossed over to Unalakeet on the coast, and then made his way to Saint Michael, exploring about 1,500 miles (2400 km) of Interior Alaska.
References
- ^ Ruskin, Liz (December 17, 2002). Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "Poland honors second 'ski' to lead Alaska". Anchorage Daily News.
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