Welcome to

"An Alaskan Moment"

A "moment" is a measure of time... 90 seconds.

"An Alaskan Moment" lasts a little longer.

Sometimes twice as much.

Every Monday morning. 

This week in Alaska History:

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This week in Alaska History compiled by Robert N. DeArmond of Sitka
Courtesy of the Alaska Historical Society

April 5, 1824 - The United States and Russia signed a convention opening the North Pacific to fishing and trade.

April 6, 1933 - The sale of beer became legal in Alaska with the repeal of the Bone Dry law.

April 7, 1867 - Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts delivered a speech in the Senate strongly supporting the purchase of Alaska.

April 8, 1944 - The Alaska Juneau gold mine, Alaska's largest, closed down at midnight.

April 9, 1915 - President Woodrow Wilson officially announced the route of the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Fairbanks.

April 10, 1885 - Dr. Sheldon Jackson was appointed General Agent of Education for Alaska, a position in the U.S. Bureau of Education.

April 11, 1975 - Alaska Airlines hired Joann Osterud, its first female pilot.

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Now for your poem.

Today's poem is found in the book "Hunger & Dreams: The Alaskan Women's 
Anthology", edited by Patricia Monaghan. 

Published by Fireweed Press in Fairbanks, 1983.

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