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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 ...
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 ...
Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era, and was Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940.
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.
1995 – Binky (polar bear) dies in the Alaska Zoo. [20] 1996 – City website online (approximate date). [21] [chronology citation needed] 1997 Alaska Native Medical Center established. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium headquartered in city. [citation needed] 1998 – May: Alaska Natives political demonstration. [22]
Crime and the cost of living in the city also grew. In 1949, the first traffic lights were installed on Fourth Avenue. In 1951, the Seward Highway was opened. KTVA, the city's first television station, began broadcasting in 1953. In 1954, Alyeska Resort was established. [9] On January 3, 1959, Alaska joined the union as the 49th state.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.43 square miles (6.3 km 2), all of it land. Little Diomede Island is located about 25 miles (40 km) west from the mainland, in the middle of the Bering Strait.
The original pipeline proposal called for an initial capacity of 0.6 million barrels per day (95,000 m 3 /d), then an increase to 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m 3 /d) after two years, and then a further increase to 2 million barrels per day (320,000 m 3 /d) at an indeterminate time thereafter.