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Clam Lagoon. Adak Island has been the home to Aleut peoples since antiquity. Russian explorers in the 18th century also visited the island but made no permanent settlements. . During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army took control of two of the westernmost Aleutian Islands, Attu and Kiska, in the incorporated territory of Alaska, the first foreign enemy to occupy American soil since the ...
Adak first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP), [12] although it previously was the Adak Naval Station from 1970 [13] [14] to 1990. [15] In 2001, it formally incorporated as a city. As of the 2010 census, Adak was the only city in Alaska to have a majority Asian population (171 of 326 residents).
The convention also settled most of the border between Alaska and British North America. The Russo-American Treaty of 1824, which banned American merchants above 54° 40' north latitude, was widely ignored and the Russians' hold on Alaska weakened further. At the height of Russian America, the Russian population reached 700.
In 1867, site of Russian flag lowering and American flag raising marking the transfer of Alaska to the U.S.; in 1959, after Alaska admitted as 49th state, site of first official raising of 49-star U.S. flag; also known as Castle Hill and Baranof Castle. 5: Anangula Site: Anangula Site
It was the largest city in North America in the 12th century. [19] 1150–1350: Ancestral Pueblo people are in their Pueblo III Period; 1200: Construction begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez near Natchez, Mississippi. This ceremonial center for the Natchez people is occupied and built upon until the early 17th century. [20]
Adak Island, one of the Aleutian Islands Adak, Alaska, a town on the above island; Adak Airport, airport serving the town Adak Army Airfield, original name of the airport (1942–c.1943) Davis Army Airfield, a later name of the airport (c.1943–1950) Naval Air Facility Adak, a later name of the airport (1950–1997)
Originally, Adak was set up as an outpost for Army and Navy bases during World War II, according to the National Park Service. The naval base was eventually abandoned in the 1990s, and as a result ...
Adak National Forest is a small forest on Adak Island in Alaska. It consists of 33 pine trees that have clustered together at the base of a small hill. [ 2 ] The forest measures 40 ft (12 m) across and is less than 17 ft (5.2 m) tall.