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16,000 - 8000 B.C.
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Kodiak Archipelago covered with 3,000 feet of glacial ice | |||
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6000 B.C.
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Sea level stabilizes, creating Kodiak's modern coastline | ||
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5500 B.C.
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4000 B.C.
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3000 B.C.
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2000 B.C.
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500 B.C.
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1200
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Earthquake | |||
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1300
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1400-1600
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Little Ice Age | ||
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1550
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Earthquake | |||
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1741
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Vitus Bering claims Alaska for Russia, first European description of archipelago | |||
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1763-1764
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Stephen Glotov, the first non-native to land on Kodiak, and crew of Adriana Natiliia winter at Alitak Bay |
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1776
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Dmitrii Polutov on Archangel Mikhail attempts trade with Alutiiqs and is driven away | |||
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1779-1780
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Afansii Ocheredin on the Klimit winters at Kodiak and attemts trade | |||
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1784
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Gregorii Shelikof arrives, and Awa'uq (Refuge Rock) massacre | |
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1785
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1786
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Russians built fortified station at Afognak Village | |||
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1787
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1788
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Gregorii Shelikof petitions Empress Catherine II - Acquisition of Afognak | |||
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1789
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1790
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1791
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Baranof reaches Kodiak | |||
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1792
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1793
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Tsunami at Old Harbor; Kodiak city formed at Sun'aq | |||
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1794
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First Russian Orthodox missionaries arrive, lead by Archimandrite Iosaf Blotov | |||
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1795
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1796
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First Russian Orthodox Church built and consecrated in Kodiak. Father Herman starts school in Kodiak |
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1797
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1798
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1799
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1800
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1801
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1802
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1803
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1804
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Influenza epidemic | |||
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1805
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1806
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1807
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1808
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Baranov house built. Father Herman moves to Spruce Island. | |||
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1809
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1810
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1811
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1812
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1813
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1814
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1815
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1816
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1817
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Father Herman establishes school on Spruce Island |
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1818
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Baranov is replaced as manager of Russian American Company by Russian Navy Captain Leonti Hagemesiter | |||
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1819
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Influenza epidemic | |||
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1820
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1821
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Shelikof formalizes work policy of Russian American Company, requiring half of Alutiiq men 18-50 to hunt | |||
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1822
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1823
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1824
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1825
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1826
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1827
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Influenza epidemic | |||
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1828
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1829
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1830
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1831
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1832
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1833
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1834
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1835
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Commercial whaling begins in Kodiak |
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1836
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1837
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Smallpox epidemic (population drops to 3,000 Alutiiq) reduction to 7 villages | |||
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1838
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1839
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1840
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1841
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Russians regulate sale of alcohol | |||
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1842
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1843
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1844
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1845
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Alcohol banned from being distributed to Alutiit | |||
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1846
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1847
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Il'via Tyzhnov translates Russian primer into Alutiiq for use by school children | |||
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1848
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1849
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1850
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1851
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1852
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Woody Island ice industry developed. Influenza epidemic | |||
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1853
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1854
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1855
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1856
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1857
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1858
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1859
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1860
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1861
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1862
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1863
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1864
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1865
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1866
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1867
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Alaska sold to the United States. Alaska Commerical Company assumes holdings of RAC. Treaty of Cession recognizes Natives' claim to land | |||
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1868
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1869
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1870
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1871
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1872
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1873
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1874
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1875
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1876
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1877
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1878
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1879
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1880
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1881
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1882
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1883
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1884
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1885
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1886
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United States Army detachment is sent to Kodiak to govern the island | |||
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1887
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1888
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1889
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First fishing regulations enacted. Influenza epidemic |
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1890
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First systematic census in Alaska. Total population 32,052. | |||
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1891
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Salmon hatchery is established at Karluk River | |||
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1892
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Afognak Island is declared a Forest and Fish Cultural Preserve and no fishing is allowed. Japanese begin dragging and canning King Crab from gulf coast waters | |||
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1893
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Baptist Mission and Orphanage are founded on Woody Island. Influenza epidemic | |||
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1894
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World's first fox farms established on Long Island | |||
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1895
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1896
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1897
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Sea otter population plummets and fur market collapses. Ranching and commercial whaling flourish |
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1898
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1899
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1900
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1901
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1902
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1903
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1904
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Hannah Breece school teacher through 1906 | |||
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1905
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Afognak dedicates new Russian Orthodox Church | |||
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1906
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1907
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1908
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1909
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1910
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1911
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Sea otter hunting is prohibited by international treaty. U.S. Government builds wireless station on Woody Island. Last Karluk River cannery closes. Commercial halibut and herring fisheries develop through 1930. | |||
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1912
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Mt. Nova Rupta erupts, spewing Katmai ash | |||
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1913
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1914
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World War I begins | |||
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1915
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1916
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1917
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U.S. enters World War I. Russian Czar and family executed. Aid from Russia for Russian Orthodox Chuches in Alaska ceases. | |||
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1918
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World flu pandemic | |||
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1919
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1920
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Fox farming becomes a major economic activity. Commercial razor clam harvests begin. U.S. women gain right to vote | |||
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1921
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Afognak students publish handwritten school annual - Kalega | |||
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1922
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1923
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1924
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Fourteen Sitka black tail deer are released on Long Island | |||
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1925
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1926
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1927
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Benny Benson wins design contest for Alaska Territorial flag | |||
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1928
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Eight Roosevelt elk calves are shipped to Kodiak from Port Angeles, Washington, and released on Afognak Island through 1929 | |||
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1929
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U.S. stock market crashes | |||
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1930
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Smithsonian anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka excavates at Larsen Bay and removes skeletal remains without permission through 1936 | |||
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1931
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1932
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1933
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1934
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Five hundred fifty-eight rabbits are captured along the railway in Anchorage and shipped to Kodiak for release. The transplant was successful |
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1935
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Father Gerasim leaves Afognak to live on Spruce Island | |||
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1936
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1937
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Baptist Mission on Woody Island burns and is relocated to Kodiak. Whaling station at Port Hobron on Sitkalidak Island closes | |||
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1938
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Surgeon Dr. A. Holmes Johnson moves to Kodiak and begins practicing medicine from his home | |||
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1939
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Construction begins on Kodiak's Naval station. World War II begins | |||
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1940
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Kodiak incorporated as first class city. A five-mile road from town to the naval base is built | |||
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1941
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Pearl Harbor is bombed. US joins WWII. Population in Kodiak reaches 3,500. FAA builds communications station on Woody Island. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is established | |||
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1942
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Army operates a sawmill on Woody Island. Dec. 17 US Navy destroyer sinks Bob von Scheele's mailboat - Phyllis S. Dutch Harbor bombed. Aleutian Island campaign begins. |
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1943
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1944
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1945
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Atomic bomb dropped and Japan surrenders in August. | |||
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1946
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1947
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Kodiak's Coast Guard base is established | |||
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1948
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1949
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1950
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Korean War begins | |||
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1951
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1952
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Mountain goats captured near Seward are released at Ugak Bay | |||
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1953
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1954
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1955
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Alaskans hold Constitutional Convention in Fairbanks | |||
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1956
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1957
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1958
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Alaska Statehood. Shrimp fishery developed | |||
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1959
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UW's Konyag-Aleut 5-year study of Kodiak's cultural and natural history starts. Jan 3 - official Alaskan Admission Day. Hawaiian Statehood |
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1960
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Kodiak Bank of Alaska becomes a branch of National Bank of Alaska | |||
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1961
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1962
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1963
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JFK assasinated | |||
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1964
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9.1 Earthquake on March 27. Tsunami destroys Afognak, Old Harbor and Kaguyak and badly damages Kodiak city. |
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1965
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1966
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KANA is founded to pursue land claims agreement. |
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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Father Herman canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Herman | |||
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1971
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act passed by Congress | |||
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1972
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Koniag Inc. is incorporated under ANCSA. Kodiak Naval station is decommissioned and turned over to US Coast Guard | |||
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1973
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St. Herman's Theological Seminary is founded | |||
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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Village schools are built, as mandated by state law | |||
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1979
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1980
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King Crab industry flourishes with over 20.4 million pounds harvested | |||
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1981
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1982
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1983
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Archaeologists begin intensive studies of Alutiiq heritage with KANA's support |
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1984
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King Crab fishery closed | |||
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling approximately 11 million gallons of oil | |||
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1990
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KANA opens Alutiiq Cultural Center and repatriation of Alutiiq archaeological collections begins | |||
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1991
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Smithsonian Institute returns hundred of Alutiiq remains to Larsen Bay for reburial | |||
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1992
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1993
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KANA begins building the Alutiiq Museum with $1.5 million grant from EVOS Trustee Council. KEF founded | |||
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1994
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1995
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Alutiiq Museum opens to the public on March 13 | |||
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1996
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1997
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1998
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Native Village of Afognak Tribal Council formed | |||
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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Native Village of Afognak Constitution adopted | |||
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2003
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2004
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2005
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