History Of Alaska-Tiny Info... (Kodiak, Bethel: lawyer, house, purchase)

[tom2000]

The first European contact with Alaska occurred in the year 1741, when Vitus Bering led an expedition for the Russian Navy aboard the St. Peter. After his crew returned to Russia bearing sea otter pelts judged to be the finest fur in the world, small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia towards the Aleutian islands. The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1784, and the Russian-American Company carried out an expanded colonization program during the early to mid-1800s. New Archangel on Kodiak Island was Alaska's first capital, but for a century under both Russia and the U.S. Sitka was the capital. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska, and the colony was never very profitable. William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, negotiated the Alaskan purchase in 1867 for $7.2 million. Alaska was loosely governed by the military for years, and was unofficially a territory of the United States from 1884 on.

In the 1890s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought thousands of miners and settlers to Alaska. Alaska was granted official territorial status in 1912. At this time the capital was moved to Juneau.

Tom


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[warptman]

And in 1970, I was born!!!!!

[spleenificus]

Yes you were, warpt.
And AK hasn't been the same since.

[mal_flisk]

Have they made your house a landmark yet, Warpt? LOL

[warptman]

Nope lol.

[aurorawatcher]

No but Bethel is known as the town Warpt Lives In

[spleenificus]

I thought Alaska was known as the state Warpt lives in...
Or is it just a state of delusion?
I get confused.

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by tom2000

The first European contact with Alaska occurred in the year 1741, when Vitus Bering led an expedition for the Russian Navy aboard the St. Peter. After his crew returned to Russia bearing sea otter pelts judged to be the finest fur in the world, small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia towards the Aleutian islands. The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1784, and the Russian-American Company carried out an expanded colonization program during the early to mid-1800s. New Archangel on Kodiak Island was Alaska's first capital, but for a century under both Russia and the U.S. Sitka was the capital. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska, and the colony was never very profitable. William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, negotiated the Alaskan purchase in 1867 for $7.2 million. Alaska was loosely governed by the military for years, and was unofficially a territory of the United States from 1884 on.
In the 1890s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought thousands of miners and settlers to Alaska. Alaska was granted official territorial status in 1912. At this time the capital was moved to Juneau.
Tom
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In fact, the truth of the cause of Alaska saleing was the essential thing for Russia to have the U.S. as its ally in the years of the so-called Crimean War.The point is that the English-French squadron had come to Kamchatka that time, and Russia had the danger of losing not only the Kamchatka but Chukotka.The American military fleet stood on the sidelines by then and yet kept the neutrality.Therefore, Russia, yielding to the U.S. request to sell Alaska, acquired the ally in the face of the U.S. in the military conflict. English-French fleet was defeated while trying to land on Kamchatka. So the American Navy did not interfere for Russia in the military operations.Thus, Russia lost Alaska, but another hand Kamchatka and Chukotka were maintained.
I'm sorry for my English.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by Лютый

In fact, the truth of the cause of Alaska saleing was the essential thing for Russia to have the U.S. as its ally in the years of the so-called Crimean War.The point is that the English-French squadron had come to Kamchatka that time, and Russia had the danger of losing not only the Kamchatka but Chukotka.The American military fleet stood on the sidelines by then and yet kept the neutrality.Therefore, Russia, yielding to the U.S. request to sell Alaska, acquired the ally in the face of the U.S. in the military conflict. English-French fleet was defeated while trying to land on Kamchatka. So the American Navy did not interfere for Russia in the military operations.Thus, Russia lost Alaska, but another hand Kamchatka and Chukotka were maintained.
I'm sorry for my English.

Well, technically Russia approached the U.S. about it. We weren't officially allies per se (we tended to avoid formal alliances back then) but we were on quite friendly terms. Apart from not being very profitable nor easy to control, there were worries the British (through British Columbia, Canada) would take over Alaska. Both of us wanted to avoid that.

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Well, technically Russia approached the U.S. about it. We weren't officially allies per se (we tended to avoid formal alliances back then) but we were on quite friendly terms. Apart from not being very profitable nor easy to control, there were worries the British (through British Columbia, Canada) would take over Alaska. Both of us wanted to avoid that.

Agreed.