Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Shows land offices, reservations for schools and other purposes, routes to Interior, timber limits, mineral deposits, railroads, churches and land district boundries. Includes table of distances. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Insets:...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "A drilling rig sends out a spray of steam during exploratory work at Prudhoe Bay in 1969. The well which discovered the huge oil field had previously been drilled but additional wells, such as...
Title taken from caption "A cottonwood tree buried in the ash. The curious branching shows that it had reached the limits of heights possible under the climatic conditions." View of two members of the expedition with a cottonwood tree. The trees...
United States atlas: maps and charts accompanying the case and counter case of the United States, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Baker Engineers employee Glenn (probably last name) standing outside a log building in Galena. Sign on the building reads: "Galena Alaska Yukon River Los Angeles City Limits". Baker Engineers was under contract to the United States Army Air Forces...
View of Leland A. Olson (left) and another man at Sparrevohn Lang Range Radar Site headquarters in western Alaska, with quonset hut in background. Sparrevohn LRRS was built by United States Air Force as Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) remote...
Title taken from verso. View of people riding first escalator in Alaska, located in Caribou's department store in Spenard (later part of Anchorage), Alaska. Signs at top of escalator read: "City limits. Anchorage. Spenard." March 19, 1961....
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....