...Senate approved the Treaty of Cession, another step in the acquisition of Alaska. In 1957, three died when the Alaska Railroad Hotel in Curry burned. In 1959, an injured sailor from a Russian fishing vessel was airlifted to Anchorage for emergency...

...the U.S. Senate approved the Treaty of Cession, another step in the acquisition of Alaska. In 1957, the Alaska Railroad Hotel at Curry burned and three lives were lost. In 1959, an injured sailor from a Russian fishing vessel was airlifted...