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ALASKA’S HISTORY
Tlingit girl with ancient totems. Winter and Pond photo, about 1895.
ALASKA’S HISTORY
The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
REVISED EDITION
HARRY RITTER
Text © 2020 by Harry Ritter
Copyright to archival photographs and
illustrations as credited on pages 150–151
Revised Edition first printed in 2020
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ritter, Harry, author.
Title: Alaska’s history : the people, land, and events of the North Country / Harry Ritter. Other titles: People, land, and events of the North Country
Description: Revised edition. | [Berkeley, California] : West Margin Press, [2020] | Series: WestWinds Press pocket guide | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “A travel-sized history book on Alaska, with up-to-date information and historical photographs about the Last Frontier’s past and present”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019026002 (print) | LCCN 2019026003 (ebook) | ISBN 9781513262727 (paperback) | ISBN 9781513262734 (hardback)| ISBN 9781513262741 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Alaska—History.
Classification: LCC F904 .R58 2020 (print) | LCC F904 (ebook) | DDC 979.8—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026002
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026003
Cartographer: Vikki Leib
Indexer: Sheila Ryan
Cover: ‘The Trickster,’ David Boxley, Tsimshian, 1988. Private collection.
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CONTENTS
Residents of Skagway, 1898, including Soapy Smith (fourth from the right).
PEOPLE OF THE RAIN FOREST: TLINGIT, HAIDA, AND TSIMSHIAN
CROSSROADS OF CULTURES: ALUTIIQ/SUGPIAQ HERITAGE IN ALASKA’S GULF
RUSSIAN AMERICA: THE FORGOTTEN FRONTIER
PROMYSHLENNIKI AND THE RUSSIAN FUR TRADE
FIRST CONTACTS: THE VOYAGES OF BERING AND CHIRIKOV
IN THE RUSSIANS’ WAKE: BRITISH AND FRENCH EXPLORERS
MALASPINA AND THE SPANISH INCURSIONS
LORD OF ALASKA: ALEXANDER BARANOV
APOSTLE OF ALASKA: FATHER IVAN VENIAMINOV
YANKEE WHALERS
EXPLORERS, ADVENTURERS, AND NATURALISTS: AMERICA’S NEW FRONTIER
SEWARD’S FOLLY
PURSUING MANIFEST DESTINY
THE FUR SEAL RUSH
RUMRUNNERS OF THE INSIDE PASSAGE
SHELDON JACKSON: CHRISTIAN
