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The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers , the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.
Alaska history-related lists (1 C, 17 P) Historians of Alaska (10 P) A. African-American history of Alaska (1 C, 4 P) Alaska folklore (2 C, 4 P)
Prehistory of Alaska. History of slavery in Alaska; Russian Alaska, 1741 – 1867 Great Northern Expedition, 1733 – 1743; Spanish expeditions to Alaska, 1744 – 1791; U.S. Department of Alaska, 1867 – 1884 Alaska Purchase, treaty signed on March 30, 1867; Gold mining in Alaska. Klondike Gold Rush, 1896 – 1899; Alaska boundary dispute ...
This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
An Inupiat woman, Nome, Alaska, c. 1907. Eskimos, the Native group most familiar to non-Alaskans, were originally divided into two subgroups: the Inupiat Eskimos settled in Alaska's Arctic region, and the Yup'ik settled in the west. To combat the cold, seasonal food was stored against future shortage, in particular against the privations of ...
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Historical outline of Alaska
Pages in category "History of Alaska by period" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. Y. List of years in Alaska