Eskimo men in kayaks, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.

Eskimo men in kayaks, 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.

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.

The gold rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

Group on skis, circa 1900. UAF-1964-74-120, Charles S. Hamlin Papers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Group on skis, circa 1900. UAF-1964-74-120, Charles S. Hamlin Papers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Stranding of the Princess May at Sentinel Island near Juneau, Alaska, August 5, 1910. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

Stranding of the Princess May at Sentinel Island near Juneau, Alaska, August 5, 1910. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

Syndicate Racing Team, Second Annual All-Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska April 1st 1909. Copyright A. L. Bell. UAF-1984-192-68, Nome Dog Mushing Photographs, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Syndicate Racing Team, Second Annual All-Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska April 1st 1909. Copyright A. L. Bell. UAF-1984-192-68, Nome Dog Mushing Photographs, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Tlingit Indian children playing with a toy canoe in Taku Harbor south of Juneau, Alaska, May 25, 1905. Edward M. Kindle Collection, U.S. Geological Survey.

Tlingit Indian children playing with a toy canoe in Taku Harbor south of Juneau, Alaska, May 25, 1905. Edward M. Kindle Collection, U.S. Geological Survey.

The Circle City fire station and water cart, circa 1905. On the fence the instructions say,

The Circle City fire station and water cart, circa 1905. On the fence the instructions say, “Ring Like Hell In Case of Fire.” Courtesy of Chris Allan.

A crowd gathering on the wharf in Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

A crowd gathering on the wharf in Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

The Alaska Steamship Company's Steamship

The Alaska Steamship Company’s Steamship “Jefferson” in Skagway, Alaska, circa 1906. Courtesy Candy Waugaman.

Loading a Northern Air Transport Ford Tri-Motor airplane, circa 1939. UAF-2010-50-362, Wien Family Papers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Loading a Northern Air Transport Ford Tri-Motor airplane, circa 1939. UAF-2010-50-362, Wien Family Papers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.

Fissures in the Seward Highway near Portage, Alaska following the Great Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

Fissures in the Seward Highway near Portage, Alaska following the Great Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

Can-Can girls at the Skagway Days of 98 celebration, 1960's. Courtesy Candy Waugaman.

Can-Can girls at the Skagway Days of 98 celebration, 1960’s. Courtesy Candy Waugaman.

Game Coming to Market

“Game Coming to Market” — Residents of Eagle, Alaska pose in front of a sled loaded with caribou and Dall sheep, 1900. P277-4-52, James Wickersham Photographs, Alaska State Library.

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Teaching Resources

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 Alaska (Richard Carstensen, Discovery Southeast)

Treaty of Cession Teaching Guide (Anchorage School District)

Reminiscences of Sitka a Quarter of a Century Ago by Gov Kinkead (Explore North)

Alaska Native Civics & Government High School Curriculum and Teaching Resources (Katya Wassillie)

Envision Alaska: Artistic Legacy (Smithsonian)

Seward’s So-Called Folly Activity Guide (Triumvirate Theatre)

After Alaska Purchase, the First Salmon Cannery Pops Up (Anjuli Grantham, Pacific Fishing Magazine)

 

 

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