Like many Alaskans, I first arrived via the Alaska Marine Highway, in my case more than 34 years ago aboard a ferry from Bellingham. I’ve only traveled the Inside Passage twice and, tied to departure ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

The month of October has been recognized by the U.S. Congress and by several state legislatures as Filipino American History Month, to celebrate the long history of Filipinos in the United States.

With more coastline than all of the other states combined, Alaska has quite the maritime history. And for historians and museum leaders, it’s a challenge to preserve that history. A new federally ...

Like many Alaskans, I first arrived via the Alaska Marine Highway, in my case more than 34 years ago aboard a ferry from Bellingham. I’ve only traveled the Inside Passage twice and, tied to departure ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — On the third floor of the Rasmuson Library, just past the periodicals, is Room 334, a little-known office with an important purpose. Brightly lit with a litany of cameras, ...

Boarding pupils of St. Mark's Mission in Nenana in May 1924. It is from the Drane Family Collection, courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, APRCA (UAF-1991-46-782). The Episcopal Diocese of ...

In his recent book “Black History in the Last Frontier,” University of Alaska Anchorage history professor Ian Hartman sheds light on the contributions Black people have made in Alaska before and after ...

Terrence M. Cole, “Jim Crow in Alaska: The Passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945,” Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 23 (November 1992), 429-49. 2. Richard Slotkin, Gunfighter Nation: The ...

Alaska and mining. The history of our state is closely tied to the history of mineral exploration, discovery, and extraction. While most people may think that the early mining history of Alaska ...