It happened in Alaska : remarkable events that shaped history /

From the Gold Rush to Tlingit potlatches to the Alaska Reindeer Project, It Happened in Alaska offers a unique look at intriguing icons and episodes from the history of the Last Frontier. In an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, Alaska resident Diane Olthius recounts some o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olthuis, Diane, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Guilford, Connecticut ; Helena, Montana : Twodot, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:It happened in the West series
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Alaska > History > Anecdotes.
Alaska > Histoire > Anecdotes.
Alaska
Anecdotes
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Russians meet Alaskans on the rocks: the Aleutian chain, 1741
  • The search for the northwest passage: the Alaskan coastline, 1778
  • Slaves of the seal harvest: Pribilof Islands, 1786
  • The Battle of Sitka: Sitka, 1802 & 1804
  • Little girl on a Bering Sea whaler: Bering Sea, 1857
  • Rebel raiders in the Bering Sea: Bering Sea, 1865
  • Science and madness on the Yukon River: Yukon River, 1865
  • Did America buy Fort Yukon?: Fort Yukon, 1869
  • Adventure on ice: Glacier Bay, 1880
  • Cook Inlet shipwreck: Cook Inlet, 1890
  • Powerful giving: Klukwan, 1890
  • Reindeer rescue: Teller, 1894
  • Death on the glacier: Portage, 1897
  • Avalanche on the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea, 1898
  • Soapy Smith shot in Skagway: Skagway, 1898
  • Harriman bags his bear: Kodiak, 1899
  • Railroad wars: Valdez, 1907
  • Mount Katmai erupts: Mount Katmai, 1912
  • To the top of Denali: Mount Denali, 1913
  • Saving Nome: Nome, 1925
  • Welcome back, musk ox: Fairbanks, 1930
  • Japanese capture Kiska Island: Kiska Island, 1942
  • Barrow duck-in: Barrow, 1961
  • This Good Friday earthquake wasn't good: Anchorage, 1964
  • The Molly Hootch Case: Emmonak, 1972
  • The pipeline's permafrost puzzle: Prudhoe Bay, 1977
  • Libby's Iditarod victory: Iditarod, 1985
  • Oil spill in Prince William Sound: Valdez, 1989
  • Smoke and fire: Fairbanks, 2004
  • Bringing back the wood bison: Shageluk, 2015
  • Alaska facts & trivia.

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