The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
(3:05 min.) (10 of 12) Ideas discussed at the Convention; common wealth; discussions -- Convention; counties versus boroughs; counties -- corrupt form of government; double taxation; Local Government Article -- last article; members attitudes;...
Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...