Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
By Emily Moore In April 2017, a small crowd gathered in the totem park at Saxman, Alaska to dedicate a new version of a Tlingit totem pole known as the “Seward Pole.” The new pole, carved by Tlingit artist Stephen Jackson, replaced an older, deteriorated version, which was itself a replica of a nineteenth-century pole […]
by Doug Capra On a 1906 evening at Moore’s Hall in Seward –the idea for celebrating Alaska Day throughout the state emerged. Seward citizens awoke that morning to a cool, cloudy Fourth of July and to anvils banging and explosions caused by, the local newspaper reported, “those persons whose patriotism is of the turbulent description.” […]
Alaska State Library – Historical Collections ASL-F907.S38-1869 [cover] OUR NORTH PACIFIC STATES. ______________________________ SPEECHES OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, IN ALASKA, VANCOUVER’S, AND OREGON, AUGUST, 1869. _____._____ WASHINGTON, D.C.: PHILP & SOLOMONS. 1869 (page break) (letter pasted into front of pamphlet) Hon James Wickersham. Washington D.C. My dear Sir. Your […]
By J Pennelope Goforth The curious story of the naming of the town of Seward was documented aboard the steamer BERTHA out of Seattle bound for Alaska on her regular monthly voyage in the summer of 1902. A party of engineers for the Alaska Central Railway headed to Resurrection Bay and a professor of […]
By Jim Ducker Some of the country’s finest athletes play America’s national pasttime. In July, some of the best of the best play in the All Star Game. Spectacular fielding, powerful hitting and pitching, and pinpoint throws from the outfield are what we expect of the pros. Many others–from Little League to high school and […]
