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. ####################################################### This week in Alaska History: June 14, 1944 - Fire destroyed much of the town of Hoonah, and with it many important Tlingit cultural objects. June 15, 1867 - HMS Sparrowhawk arrived from Victoria carrying Governor Frederick Seymour of British Columbia who came to settle Hudson's Bay Company affairs in Russian America. The company had much of Southeastern Alaska under lease from the Russians. June 16, 1963 - The University of Alaska made its only appearance on the television quiz show "General Electric College Bowl." U of A lost to defending champion Temple University.June 17, 1953 - The military port of Whittier was virtually destroyed by a $20-million fire said to have been the most costly fire in Alaska. June 18, 1945 - General Simon Bolivar Buckner, who had commanded all troops in Alaska during the early years of the war, was killed at Okinawa. June 19, 1912 - By executive order President William Howard Taft set aside land for the new town of Hydaburg. June 20, 1940 - A Pan American Airways plane took off from Fairbanks. It carried mail that would be delivered mail at Seattle the next day, thus initiating the fastest airmail service between Interior Alaska and the Lower 48 states. This week in Alaska History compiled by Robert N. DeArmond of Sitka
Courtesy of the Alaska Historical Society ####################################################### "An Alaskan Moment" is produced at Aleutian Peninsula Broadcasting in Sand Point apradio.org Music by Paul Holmberg With help from NAMES OF FOLKS WHO READ HISTORY & POETRY. And especially you, the supporters of Public Radio. ####################################################### 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. BEGIN POEM ####################################################### Today's poem is found in the book "A Good Crew: An Alaskan Men's Anthology", edited by Roland Wilbert and Larry Laraby. Published by Fireweed Press in Fairbanks, 1986. BEGIN POEM