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SCOTT C. BONE – 10TH GOVERNOR OF ALASKA TERRITORY

Scott Cordelle Bone was the tenth governor of the Alaskan Territory. He was officially inducted on June 15, 1921 and was in office until June 16, 1925. He was appointed by President Warren G. Harding. There is little information about Scott Bone’s life, but the information that is out there is impressive. Scott Bone made the decision to use dog sled teams to carry diphtheria antitoxin to Nome. READ MORE

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Meet #Dolly #TheMadamOfKetchikan #CreekStreet #Ketchikan . . . . . . #AlaskanHistory #Entrepreneur #😂😂 #WomanOwnedBusiness 🛷 (at Creek Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byb5qjjnX1t/?igshid=jq456i54k5vb

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Throwback to a day of Totem Poles and learning about the Tlingit and Haida Natives in Ketchikan ✌🏻🦅🐸🐺🦈🐻 . . . #saxmantotempark #saxmanvillage #totempole #alaska #tlingit #haida #alaskanculture #alaskanhistory #tbt #latergram #dreamholiday (at Saxman Totem Park)

#totempole #tbt #tlingit #saxmantotempark #saxmanvillage #alaska #alaskanhistory #haida #latergram #dreamholiday #alaskanculture

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MT. MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED

This Week in Alaska History: The annual celebration of the creation of Mt. McKinley National Park is on February 26. This park has the highest point in the United States at 20,320 feet above sea level. READ MORE

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Alaskan History

This week in Alaskan History: On May 31, 1977, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction was complete. Oil discovery in 1968 in Prudhoe Bay provided a need to transport oil safely from the North Slope of Alaska to the Gulf Coast near Valdez. After the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act was signed by President Nixon on November 16, 1973, it took over 4 years and several types of research to build the zigzag line used today. 

 --------Information from: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trans-Alaska-Pipeline | Photo from: Wikimedia Commons

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Alaskan History

This week in Alaskan History: A snowslide at Sheep Camp on the Chilkoot Trail occurred April 3, 1898. This became the deadliest event of the Klondike Gold Rush, taking over 65 lives. The became known as the Palm Sunday avalanche. ...

-------- Information from https://www.nps.gov/articles/palm-sunday-avalanche.htm | Photo from Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Approach_to_Chilkoot_Pass_depicting_aftermath_of_the_April_3,_1898_snowslide,_Alaska_(HEGG_552).jpeg

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Alaskan History

This week in Alaskan History: The first dog team left Nenana to relay serum to Nome to fight a diphtheria epidemic. The serum arrived frozen on February 4, 1925 in Nome, AK. Officially, five people died waiting for the serum, but it is believed the actual death toll is higher due to the Eskimo population not reporting deaths. -------- Information from the Alaska Historical Society:https://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/discover-alaska/this-month-in-alaska-history/ & https://aramink.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/iditarod-trail-1925-the-serum-run-conclusion/ | Image (public domain) from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Balto#/media/File:Gunnar_Kaasen_with_Balto.jpg

#alaskanhistory #dogteam #nenana #nome #serum #diptheria

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Alaskan History

This week in Alaskan History: U.S. Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), converting massive tracts across Alaska into National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and other protective designations. Pictured here is Gates of the Arctic National Park in Northern Alaska. ...READ MORE

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Alaskan History

This week in #AlaskanHistory: On June 28, 1902 #Jarvis, #Berthold and #Call were awarded #CongressionalGoldMedals for heroic services rendered in the #OverlandReliefExpedition. In November 1897 eight whaling ships became trapped by ice in the Arctic Ocean. Because the #whalers were at risk of starvation and the ice wouldn’t allow another ship too far north, the Overland Relief Expedition was developed. The expedition was completed by using sled dogs to herd reindeer to the #Alaska Coast through the harsh Alaskan winter...

--------Info from: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/i/incredible-alaska-overland-rescue.html | Photo from: Wikimedia Commons

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Alaskan History

This week in #AlaskanHistory marks the 38th annual Midnight Sun Festival, the 37th annual Midnight Sun Run and the 114th annual Midnight Sun Baseball Game all in #Fairbanks. The events are held each year on the Saturday and Sunday closest to #summersolstice. The events attract more than 30,000 people to Fairbanks each year. Several towns in Alaska host events to celebrate the midnight sun. ... -------- Info from: https://www.explorefairbanks.com/…/summer-and-solstice-eve…/ | Photo from: Wikimedia Commons

#alaskan history #fairbanks #summer solstice