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Polish nationalist propaganda from the 1930s: "Nie jestesmy tu od wczoraj.Sięgaliśmy daleko na zachód." (We are not here since yesterday. Once we reached far west.) The term "Recovered Territories" was officially used for the first time in the Decree of the President of the Republic of 11 October 1938 after the annexation of Trans-Olza by the Polish army. [7]
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.
The Upward Sun River site, or Xaasaa Na’, is a Late Pleistocene archaeological site associated with the Paleo-Arctic tradition, located in the Tanana River Valley, Alaska. Dated to around 11,500 BP , [ 1 ] Upward Sun River is the site of the oldest human remains discovered on the American side of Beringia . [ 2 ]
Bits and Pieces of Alaskan History: Published over the years in From Ketchikan to Barrow, a department in the Alaska Sportsman and Alaska magazine – v.1. 1935-1959 / v.2. 1960-1974. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0882401560. McBeath, Jerry et al. The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State (2008)
Alaska portal; Jay Kerttula, who came to Alaska with one of the original colonist families from Minnesota, was the longest-serving member in the history of the Alaska Legislature (1961–1963 and 1965–1995). National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
The Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942.. The Akutan Zero, also known as Koga's Zero (古賀のゼロ) and the Aleutian Zero, was a Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zero Japanese fighter aircraft piloted by Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga, that crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, during World War II.
The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that crashed last week were recovered Sunday morning from the wreckage site in a tundra lake, officials said.
Most of the gold recovered from the Admiralty mining district (which consists of Admiralty Island) is a by product of silver and base metal mining. The Alaska Empire underground lode mine recovered gold from quartz veins in metamorphic rocks. Discovered and staked in the 1920s, production of about 20,000 tonnes of 0.25 ounce-per-ton gold ore ...