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 Rebecca Poulson American soldiers arrived in Sitka in October of 1867 to take possession of Russia’s claims in North America. The Army pulled out a decade later, leaving Alaska first to the U.S. Treasury Department, and then to the U.S. Navy. Alaska finally got a civil government in 1884, after 17 years of American […]
Treaty of Cession (1867) This original, hand-written copy of the Treaty of Cession is part of the collection of the Library of Congress. Read a transcription HERE. Russian Copy of the Treaty of Cession (1867) This original Russian copy of the Treaty of Cession is part of the collection of the Library of Congress. Ossipee Journal Account […]
The Purchase of Alaska (The American Historical Review) The Journal of U.S.S. Ossipee (Alaska’s Digital Archives) Teaching Resources on The Sale of Russian America (Alaska Humanities Forum) Manifest Opportunity: The Alaska Purchase as a Bridge Between US Expansion and Imperialism (Alaska History) 1867-2017: 150 Years of Change – Sesquicentennial of the Purchase of Russian Interests in […]
