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| Klondike Gold Rush Gold! Headlines read in 1897, starting the rush. Thousands, hoping to ease the woes of economic depression, sold farms, dropped businesses and boarded ships to follow their dreams north |
Sitka Historical Site Last major conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives is the site of the Tlingit Fort and battlefield |
| Aleutian World War II Area Servicemen fought both the Japanese and the extreme weather, as hundreds of native Unangan people were interned a thousand miles away, longing to return to their island homes. |
Church of the Holy Ascensio Completed in 1826, this structure was built by the Russian American Fur Company under the terms of its second charter |
| Alaska Historical Society home to information about Alaska history and local historical societies throughout the state. |
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