This week in Alaska History: On September 4, 1794 the first ship was built in Alaska. The Phoenix set sail from Resurrection Bay, where Seward now exists. It was the first ship launched on the northwestern Pacific Coast and sailed six times between Kodiak, Alaska and Okhotsk, Russia - carrying loads of fur over a span of four years. Alexander Baranof Arrives On Kodiak … [Read more...]
The Alaskan Cable System From Valdez to Seward
This week in Alaskan History: On July 31, 1905 the Signal Corps of the Army began laying extension of the submarine telegraph cable from Valdez to Seward at the head of Resurrection Bay. Congress Approves The First Cable Lines In Alaska After the discovery of gold at Cape Nome, a great influx of people descended upon Alaska in the late 1800s. Due to the this, the War Department … [Read more...]
