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It Happened in Alaska : Remarkable Events That Shaped History.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: It Happened in the West SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493023493
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: It Happened in AlaskaDDC classification:
  • 979.8
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- RUSSIANS MEET ALASKANS ON THE ROCKS! The Aleutian Chain 1741 -- THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE The Alaskan Coastline 778 -- SLAVES OF THE SEAL HARVEST Pribilof Islands 1786 -- THE BATTLE OF SITKA Sitka 1802 &amp -- 1804 -- LITTLE GIRL ON A BERING SEA WHALER Bering Sea 1857 -- REBEL RAIDERS IN THE BERING SEA Bering Sea 1865 -- SCIENCE AND MADNESS ON THE YUKON RIVER ukon River 1865 -- DID AMERICA BUY FORT YUKON? Fort Yukon 1869 -- ADVENTURE ON ICE Glacier Bay 1880 -- COOK INLET SHIPWRECK Cook Inlet 1890 -- POWERFUL GIVING Klukwan 1890 -- REINDEER RESCUE Teller 1894 -- DEATH ON THE GLACIER Portage 1897 -- AVALANCHE ON THE CHILKOOT TRAIL Dyea 1898 -- SOAPY SMITH SHOT IN SKAGWAY Skagway 1898 -- HARRIMAN BAGS HIS BEAR Kodiak 1899 -- RAILROAD WARS Valdez 1907 -- MOUNT KATMAI ERUPTS Mount Katmai 1912 -- TO THE TOP OF DENALI Mount Denali 1913 -- SAVING NOME Nome 1925 -- WELCOME BACK, MUSK OX Fairbanks 1930 -- JAPANESE CAPTURE KISKA ISLAND Kiska Island 1942 -- BARROW DUCK-IN Barrow 1961 -- THIS GOOD FRIDAY EARTHQUAKE WASN'T GOOD! Anchorage 1964 -- THE MOLLY HOOTCH CASE Emmonak 1972 -- THE PIPELINE'S PERMAFROST PUZZLE Prudhoe Bay 1977 -- LIBBY'S IDITAROD VICTORY Iditarod 1985 -- OIL SPILL IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND Valdez 1989 -- SMOKE AND FIRE Fairbanks 2004 -- BRINGING BACK THE WOOD BISON Shageluk 2015 -- ALASKA FACTS &amp -- TRIVIA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Summary: From the Gold Rush to Tlingit potlatches to the Alaska Reindeer Project, It Happened in Alaska offers a unique look at intriguing icons and episodes from the history of the Last Frontier. In an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, Alaska resident Diane Olthius recounts some of her state's most captivating moments.
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Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- RUSSIANS MEET ALASKANS ON THE ROCKS! The Aleutian Chain 1741 -- THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE The Alaskan Coastline 778 -- SLAVES OF THE SEAL HARVEST Pribilof Islands 1786 -- THE BATTLE OF SITKA Sitka 1802 &amp -- 1804 -- LITTLE GIRL ON A BERING SEA WHALER Bering Sea 1857 -- REBEL RAIDERS IN THE BERING SEA Bering Sea 1865 -- SCIENCE AND MADNESS ON THE YUKON RIVER ukon River 1865 -- DID AMERICA BUY FORT YUKON? Fort Yukon 1869 -- ADVENTURE ON ICE Glacier Bay 1880 -- COOK INLET SHIPWRECK Cook Inlet 1890 -- POWERFUL GIVING Klukwan 1890 -- REINDEER RESCUE Teller 1894 -- DEATH ON THE GLACIER Portage 1897 -- AVALANCHE ON THE CHILKOOT TRAIL Dyea 1898 -- SOAPY SMITH SHOT IN SKAGWAY Skagway 1898 -- HARRIMAN BAGS HIS BEAR Kodiak 1899 -- RAILROAD WARS Valdez 1907 -- MOUNT KATMAI ERUPTS Mount Katmai 1912 -- TO THE TOP OF DENALI Mount Denali 1913 -- SAVING NOME Nome 1925 -- WELCOME BACK, MUSK OX Fairbanks 1930 -- JAPANESE CAPTURE KISKA ISLAND Kiska Island 1942 -- BARROW DUCK-IN Barrow 1961 -- THIS GOOD FRIDAY EARTHQUAKE WASN'T GOOD! Anchorage 1964 -- THE MOLLY HOOTCH CASE Emmonak 1972 -- THE PIPELINE'S PERMAFROST PUZZLE Prudhoe Bay 1977 -- LIBBY'S IDITAROD VICTORY Iditarod 1985 -- OIL SPILL IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND Valdez 1989 -- SMOKE AND FIRE Fairbanks 2004 -- BRINGING BACK THE WOOD BISON Shageluk 2015 -- ALASKA FACTS &amp -- TRIVIA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

From the Gold Rush to Tlingit potlatches to the Alaska Reindeer Project, It Happened in Alaska offers a unique look at intriguing icons and episodes from the history of the Last Frontier. In an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, Alaska resident Diane Olthius recounts some of her state's most captivating moments.

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