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In 1867, site of Russian flag lowering and American flag raising marking the transfer of Alaska to the U.S.; in 1959, after Alaska admitted as 49th state, site of first official raising of 49-star U.S. flag; also known as Castle Hill and Baranof Castle. 5: Anangula Site: Anangula Site
Bruges had a strategic location at the crossroads of the northern Hanseatic League trade, who had a kontor in the city, and the southern trade routes. Bruges was already included in the circuit of the Flemish and French cloth fairs at the beginning of the 13th century, but when the old system of fairs broke down, the entrepreneurs of Bruges ...
The Skagway portion of the district includes the historic heart of the town, a region 23 block long and varying in width from three to five blocks. Fourteen of these blocks were under National Park Service protection in 1999. [3] Buildings in the district are generally wood-frame structures with one or two stories, which have been brightly painted.
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, Alaska: 1867 Commercial Only Russian commercial building surviving in Sitka J. M. Davis House: Juneau, Alaska: 1894 Residence Possibly oldest house ...
The Markt (Dutch for "Market") is the central square of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.It is located in the city centre and covers an area of about 1 ha (2.5 acres). On the south side of the square is one of the city's most famous landmarks, the 12th-century Belfry.
Alaska: A History of the 49th State. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. ISBN 0-8061-2099-1. Spude, Catherine Holder. Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory (University of Oklahoma Press, 2015) xviii, 326 pp. Wharton, David (1991). They Don't Speak Russian in Sitka: A New Look at the History of Southern Alaska. Markgraf ...
Whittier, Alaska, is a small, remote town 60 miles south of Anchorage that is commonly referred to as the "town under one roof." About 217 people live there, and it's accessible only by boat or a ...
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