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...word meaning "little lake."The village really began to be settled soon after Glacier Highway reached there in 1918. In 1919 John Carlson built a cannery near the outlet of Auke Lake. It operated only a few seasons before closing down. A post...
...person's house. After elementary school in Klawock his father sent him to Briscoe Boarding School in Kent, Washington in 1919. He stayed with his brother until the age of 16 when he took a job for the next three years at a farm in Sumas, Washington...
...hours of October 22, 2011 at the age of 92, surrounded by family. One of seven children, Gertrude was born in Ninilchik in 1919 to Michael and Matrona Resoff. Her grandparents, who ran a boarding house in Ninilchik, were a significant influence...
...Brotherhood at Camp Skagway was founded, followed by the Pioneers of Alaska in Nome in 1907, and Ladies of the Golden North in 1919. ISR combined these individual organizations in the U.S. and Canada after the Gold Rush days. The first ISR was held...
...signed agreeing to give up his language and culture to become an American citizen. "I can't say his name, but it was in 1919," Bremner said. "You can look in the state archives - you can see the pressure placed on our ancestors to give up their...
...the nation In 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence from Britain. In 1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner. In 1942, the United States...
...and Cassius. In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. In 1919, the American Legion was founded, in Paris. In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held...
...Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist - the event which triggered World War I. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I. In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul, South...
...financial needs of Alaska's first incorporated city. Months later, the bank opened offices in Wrangell and Anchorage. In 1919, Edward Anton Rasmuson, the bank's attorney, was named president and he and his family guided the bank for more than...
...King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island. In 1889, the Wall Street Journal was first published. In 1919, President Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference...