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The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 added 53.7 million acres (217,000 km 2) to the National Wildlife Refuge system, parts of 25 rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, 3.3 million acres (13,000 km 2) to National Forest lands, and 43.6 million acres (176,000 km 2) to National Park land. Because of ...
First built Use Notes Russian-American Magazin: Kodiak, Alaska: 1810 storage facility Oldest building in Alaska [1] Church of the Holy Ascension: Unalaska, Alaska: 1826 Church Earliest surviving Russian church in Alaska Russian Bishop's House: Sitka, Alaska: 1841-1843 Church Early Russian architecture Russian-American Building No. 29: Sitka ...
In 1939 Congress appropriate funds for the construction of naval air stations at Sitka and other sites in coastal Alaska. The Sitka station was built on Japonski Island, just west of Sitka Harbor, on land that had been under United States Navy jurisdiction since the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The Sitka Naval Air Station was formally commissioned ...
Built in 1826 by the Russian American Fur Company to help acclimate indigenous population in Russian Alaska. 15: Dry Creek Archeological Site: Dry Creek Archeological Site: June 2, 1978 : Address restricted [6], near Healy, Alaska: Denali: This archeological site has provided evidence which supports the Bering land bridge theory 16
[6] 1924 – KFQD radio begins broadcasting. 1936 City Hall built. Alaska State Fair begins near Anchorage. 1939 – Federal Building constructed. [7] 1940 – U.S. military Elmendorf Field begins operating near Anchorage. 1941 – U.S. Army Fort Richardson built near Anchorage. 1943 – Fort Richardson National Cemetery established near ...
The idea of a bridge or causeway across Knik Arm was first envisioned in 1923 by Alaska Railroad engineers looking for a more efficient route to Alaska's interior. [2] In 1955, a group of Anchorage businessmen studied it again, arriving at a cost estimate of $25 million ($280 million today). [2]
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The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 60.2% of the population was non-Hispanic white, 3.7% black or African American, 15.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.5% Asian, 1.4% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 7.5% two or more races, and 7.3% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.