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The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers , the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.
Prehistory of Alaska. History of slavery in Alaska; Russian Alaska, 1741 – 1867 Great Northern Expedition, 1733 – 1743; Spanish expeditions to Alaska, 1744 – 1791; U.S. Department of Alaska, 1867 – 1884 Alaska Purchase, treaty signed on March 30, 1867; Gold mining in Alaska. Klondike Gold Rush, 1896 – 1899; Alaska boundary dispute ...
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, [1] until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America , 1784–1867; the Department of Alaska , 1867–1884; and the District of Alaska , 1884–1912.
Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
Alaska history-related lists (1 C, 17 P) Historians of Alaska (10 P) A. African-American history of Alaska (1 C, 4 P) Alaska folklore (2 C, 4 P)
On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened (it could only ...
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An Inupiat woman, Nome, Alaska, c. 1907. Eskimos, the Native group most familiar to non-Alaskans, were originally divided into two subgroups: the Inupiat Eskimos settled in Alaska's Arctic region, and the Yup'ik settled in the west. To combat the cold, seasonal food was stored against future shortage, in particular against the privations of ...