Category: 49 History

Fri, October 11, 2013

Lewis MacDonald’s Alaska Salmon Cannery Chronology, 1878-1950

[Note: Thank you to Jim Mackovjak for condensing MacDonald's three reports into one, searchable document. You may find entries that are incorrect or incomplete. This is your opportunity to correct MacDonald's chronology and add to it. Please leave a comment if you notice factual errors or have additional information.]IntroductionIn March 1949, Alaska’s Territorial Legislature created the Alaska Department of Fisheries. The new department’s mission was to assist in conservation and perpetuation of the territory’s fisheries resources; to promote resident ownership,... (Read More)

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Thu, October 10, 2013

Looking Back: The 1900 Nome Gold Rush

By Laura Samuelson, Director, Carrie M. McLain Memorial MuseumWe continue our look back at the 1900 Nome Gold Rush with more perspective from Wilfred A. McDaniel Sr. Here again are more excerpts from “Alaska Beckons” written by Wilfred in 1943. His love of Nome is quite evident in that his experiences in this wild land are still fresh in his mind four decades later. At the end of last week’s passage, Wilfred noted that “Alaska has her joking moods too,... (Read More)

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Tue, October 08, 2013

Gaming for Gold, Part II

In this blog’s ongoing series of Alaska-themed board games, we bring you a few more inspired by the Klondike gold rush.First, “Klondike Gold”:In this game that dates to the 1940s, players travel a meandering route that was at least inspired by real geographic locations. Note Skagway in the lower left corner of the board (that’s Soapy Smith’s saloon on the waterfront), followed by the Chilkoot Pass, the Yukon River, and finally Dawson City and the Klondike gold fields.Interesting that the... (Read More)

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Sun, October 06, 2013

More Photos from Haines…

AHS board member Karen Brewster receiving the “Contributions to Alaska History” award from Mike Hawfield. Brewster was recognized for her work on Ginny Wood’s memoir, Boots, Bikes, and Bombers.Malin Babcock and Marie Darlin, Gastineau Channel Historical Society, accepting the Elva R. Scott Local Historical Society Award.Mike Hawfield receiving the much-coveted Beaver Log from AHS President Anjuli Grantham.The Presidents: Anjuli Grantham of AHS and Angela Linn of Museums Alaska.Jim Simard and Kathy Price, AHS program chairs.And finally, our wonderful hosts, Christina... (Read More)

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Fri, October 04, 2013

Congrats to 2013 AHS Award Winners

The Friday evening banquet at every AHS / MA meeting is the highlight for many of us because it’s the time we recognize outstanding scholarship and achievement in Alaska history. Congrats to all!Here’s Mike Hawfield with his well-deserved President’s Award (a.k.a. the Beaver Log):Other winners:EVANGELINE ATWOOD AWARD Dirk TordoffAlaska film historian, curator, archivistHISTORIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDTom WalkerThe Seventymile KidPATHFINDER AWARDJames Mackovjak  For important reference works on timber, freighting, salmon trapsELVA R. SCOTT LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY AWARDGastineau Channel Historical SocietyGastineau... (Read More)

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