1909 ALASKA 2009

50 YEARS BEFORE ALASKA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

- John Reck appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1914-1916).

1915

- The Alaska territorial legislature established one of the earliest old-age pensions.

- Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines founded in Fairbanks.

- July 9, Anchorage townsite auction held, in Anchorage Borough, Alaska.

1916

- Benjamin D. Stewart appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1916-1917).

1917

- Emery Valentine appointed second-term mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1917-1919).

- University of Alaska established in Fairbanks, Alaska.

- First seafood cannery established by P.E. Harris in False Pass, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

1918

- April 12, Thomas Riggs, Jr. appointed governor of Alaska (1918-June 16, 1921).

1919

- J. Latimer Gray, appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1919-1920).

1920

- Alaska population, 55,036 residents.

- Ralph E. Robertson, appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1920-1923).

- November 26, Leopold David appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1920-April 11, 1923).

- November 28, Anchorage incorporated in Alaska.

1921

- Post office established in False Pass, Aleutian East Borough, Alaska.

- June 21, Scott C. Bone appointed governor of Alaska (1921-August 16, 1925).

1922

1923

- I. Goldstein appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1923-1925).

- April 11, Joseph Conroy appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1923-October 8, 1924).

- July 15, President Warren G. Harding, drove the ceremonial Golden Spike to commemorate the completeion and opening of the Alaska Railroad.

1924

- October 8, Charles Bush appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1924-January 1, 1926).

1925

- J.J. Connors appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1925-1927).

- August 16, George A. Parks appointed governor of Alaska (1925-April 19, 1933).

1926

- January 1, C.M. Eckmann appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1926-May 9, 1927).

1927

- Thomas B. Judson appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1927-1933).

- May 9, William Clayson appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1927-April 9, 1928).

1928

- April 9, Grant Reed appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1828-April 10, 1929).

1929

- April 10, James Delaney appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1929-April 11, 1932).

1930

- Alaska population, 59,278 residents.

1932

- April 11, O.S. Gill appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1932-April 7, 1933).

1933

- I. Goldstein appointed second-term mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1933-1937).

- The St. Nicholas Chapel (National Register of Historic Places), a Russian Orthodox church built in Sand Point, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

- April 7, T.J. McCroskey appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1933-January 1, 1934).

- April 19, John W. Troy appointed governor of Alaska (1933-December 6, 1939).

1934

- April 11, O.S. Gill appointed second-term mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1934-April 11, 1936).

1935

- The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines gained university status.

- Aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska.

1936

- April 11, H.E. Brown appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1936-April 12, 1937).

1937

- Thomas B. Judson appointed second-term mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1937-1938).

- April 12, J.M. Romig appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1937-April 11, 1938).

1938

- Ladd Army Air Corps Field (later Fort Wainwright) established nearby Fairbanks in Alaska.

- Harry I. Lucas appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1938-1944).

- April 11, H.E. Brown appointed second-term mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1938-April 8, 1940).

1939

- December 6, Ernest Gruening appointed governor of Alaska (1939-April 10, 1953).

1940

- Alaska population, 72,524 residents.

- April 11, Geoge Vaara appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1940-April 9, 1941).

1941

- Eielson Air Force Base established near Fairbanks in Alaska.

- February 10, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. appointed governor of Alaska (1941-August 1944).

- April 9, William Alex Stolt appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1941-April 10, 1944).

1942

- The Alaska Highway constructed by U.S. Army engineers.

- Air base Fort Randall built on the shores of Cold Bay in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

- U.S Government evacuated Alaska, Akutan city residents to the Ketchikan area, after Japanese attack of Unalaska.

1944

- Akutan city, re-established in Aleutians East Borough, after evacuation of residents in 1942, due to Japanese attack on Unalaska.

- A.B. 'Cott' Hayes appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1944-1945).

- April 10, Ray Wolfe appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1944-April 9, 1945).

1945

- The Alaska territorial legislature made discriminations against Indians illegal.

- Ernest Parsons appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1945-1946).

- April 9, John Manders appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1945-March 19, 1946).

1946

- Waino E. Hendrickson appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1946-1953).

- March 19, Win Ervin appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1946-April 8, 1946).

- April 8, Francis Bowden appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1946-April 12, 1948).

1947

- King Cove incorporated in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

1948

- April 12, Z.J. Loussac appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1948-October 8, 1951).

1949

- First post office opened in Soldotna, Alaska.

- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the road, connecting Naknek to King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska.

1950

- Alaska population, 128,643 residents.

1951

- October 18, Maynard Taylor appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1951-December 12, 1955).

1953

- Bert F. McDowell appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1953-1955).

- April 10, B. Frank Heintzleman appointed governor of Alaska (1953-January 3, 1957).

1955

- Morell L. MacSpadden appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1955-1959).

1956

- May 1, Anton Anderson appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1956-October 21, 1958).

1957

- Oil discovered in the Swanson River Region, near Soldotna in Alaska.

- January 3, Waino Hendrickson appointed acting governor of Alaska (1957-June 8, 1957).

- June 8, Michael A. Stepovich appointed governor of Alaska (1957-August 9, 1958).

1958

- August 9, Waino Hendrickson appointed second-term acting governor of Alaska (1958-January 3, 1959).

- October 21, Hewitt Lounsbury appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1958-October 7, 1959).

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- Elementary school established in Anderson, Denali Borough, Alaska.

- Lauris S. Parker appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1959-1961).

- January 3, William A. Egan elected governor of Alaska (1959-December 5, 1966).

- October 7, George Byer appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1959-October 9, 1961).

1960

- Alaska population, 226,167 residents.

- Soldotna on the Kenai River, incorporated as a fourth class city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, with Don Wilson as first Mayor. Area 7,5 sq.mi. (19,4 km²). Attractions & Recreation : Aspen Park, Centennial Park, Farnsworth Park, Karen St. Park, Parker Park, Pioneer Park, Riverview Park, Rotary Park, Soldotna Creek Park, Sunrise Park, Swiftwater Park.

1961

- J. Wayne Johnson appointed acting mayor of Juneau in Alaska.

- A.W. Boddy appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska ( 1961-October 1961).

- Lauris S. Parker appointed second-term mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1961-1967).

- October 9, George Sharrock appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1961-October 12, 1964).

1962

- The City of Anderson incorporated in Denali Borough, Alaska.

- Bristol Bay Borough established in Alaska, seat Naknek. Alaska's first borough.

1963

- Ketchikan Gateway Borough established in Alaska, seat Ketchikan.

- Kodiak Island Borough established in Alaska, seat Kodiak.

1964

- Fairbanks North Star Borough established in Alaska, seat Fairbanks.

- Kenai Peninsula Borough established in Alaska, seat Soldotna.

- Matanuska-Susitna Borough established in Alaska, seat Palmer.

- March 27, 9.2 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska.

- October 12, Elmer Rasmuson appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1964-October 9, 1967).

1966

- December 5, Walter J. Hickel elected governor of Alaska (1966-January 29, 1969).

1967

- Timothy O'Day appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska.

- Joseph George appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1967-1969).

- October 9, George Sullivan appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1967-December 31, 1981).

1968

- Steel bridge completed, crossing the Tanana near Anderson in Denali Borough, Alaska.

- Haines Borough established in Alaska, seat Haines.

1969

- Joseph A. McLean appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1969-1973).

- January 29, Keith H. Miller elected governor of Alaska (1969-December 5, 1970).

1970

- Alaska population, 302,583 residents.

- Population, 398 inhabitants counted in the Fox Islands, Alaska.

- July 1, Juneau City and Borough established in Alaska, seat Juneau.

- December 5, William A. Egan elected second-term governor of Alaska (1970-December 2, 1974).

1971

- The George Park Highway completed, accessing the Anderson city area in Denali Borough, Alaska.

- Sitka Borough established in Alaska, seat Stika.

1972

- North Slope Borough established in Alaska, seat Barrow.

1973

- First Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race held in Anchorage downtown, Anchorage Borough, Alaska.

- William A. Macomber appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska ( 1973-1975).

1974

- December 2, Jay S. Hammond elected governor of Alaska (1974-December 6, 1982).

1975

- Anchorage City and Borough established in Alaska, seat Anchorage.

- Virginia Kline Chitwood appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska ( 1975-1976).

1976

- W.D. 'Bill' Overstreet appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1976-1983).

1979

- Akutan incorporated, city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. Coordinates 54°13'N-165°77'W, area 18,9 sq.mi. (48,9km²).

1980

- Alaska population, 401,851 residents.

1982

- The City of Cold Bay incorporated, Aleutians East Bprough, Alaska.

- January 1, Tony Knowless appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1982-December 31, 1987).

- December 6, William Sheffield elected governor of Alaska (1982-December 1, 1986).

1983

- Fran Ulmer appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1983-1985).

- The Port of Bristol Bay operational, in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska.

1985

- Ernest E. Polley appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1985-1988).

1986

- Northwest Arctic Borough established in Alaska, seat Kotzebeu

- December 1, Steve Cowper elected governor of Alaska (1986-December 3, 1990).

1987

- Aleutians East Borough established in Alaska, seat Sand Point.

1988

- Bruce M. Botelho appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1988-1991).

- January 1, Tom Fink appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1988-June 30, 1994).

1989

- Lake and Peninsula Borough established in Alaska, seat King Salmon.

1990

- Alaska population, 550,043 residents.

- Denali Borough established in Alaska, seat Healy.

- False Pass incorporated in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

- December 3, Walter J. Hickel elected second-term governor of Alaska (1990-December 5, 1994).

1991

- Jamie Parsons appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1991-1994).

1992

- The 'Anchorage Press' weekly newspaper, established in Anchorage, Alaska.

- Yakutat Borough established in Alaska, seat Yakutat.

1994

- U.S. Air Force base closed in King Salmon, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska.

- July 1, Rick Mystrom appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (1994-June 30, 2000).

- October, Byron Mallott appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1994-February 1995).

- December 5, Tony Knowles elected governor of Alaska (1994-December 2, 2000).

1995

- February, Dennis Egan appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (1995-October 2000).

1996

- Pavlov, an 8,200ft. high active volcano erupted, near the Aghileen Pinnacles in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

2000

-Alaska population, 626,932 residents.

- July 1, George Wuerch appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska (2000-June 30, 2003).

- October, Sally Smith appointed mayor of Juneau in Alaska (2000-October 27, 2003).

2001

2002

2003

- July 1, Mark Begich appointed mayor of Anchorage in Alaska.

- October 27, Bruce M. Botelho appointed second-term mayor of Juneau in Alaska.

2006

- December 4, Sarah H. Palin elected governor of Alaska.

50 YEARS AFTER ALASKA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

1912

- The Pacific Whaling Company built a processing station in Akutan, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

1942

- Air base Fort Randall built on the shores of Cold Bay in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.

1944

- Akutan city, re-established in Aleutians East Borough, after evacuation of residents in 1942, due to Japanese attack on Unalaska.

1979

- Akutan incorporated, city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. Coordinates 54°13'N-165°77'W, area 18,9 sq.mi. (48,9km²).

2001

- Adak incorporated, city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska.