Word: sitka
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Juneau's pop. 7,000). Missing were several of the top Alaska Republican candidates, including former Governor Mike Stepovich, now running for the Senate, and the only Republican given a real chance in the 49th state this year. Stepovich and his running mates had been socked in at Sitka and Anchorage by the foul weather...
...Alaska.* In Skagway, women paraded wearing embroidered badges: "Bigger than Texas, Better than California-God's Country." On the western shores, in Nome and Kotzebue, the populace torched big, bright bonfires that they hoped could be seen across the strait in Siberia. Even the antistatehood Alaskans, mostly in Sitka and the capital city of Juneau, joined in the bell ringing and dancing...
Nickels & Peanuts. On the coast of Baranof Island, Sitka, last capital of Russian America* was bustling with the clack and crunch of a new $55.5 million pulp mill abuilding. Up to the north, Nome's Sah Yung Ah Tim Mini Chapter (Eskimo talk for "strength gone from the body") of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was busy pressing its immunization drive, and Bush Pilot Neal Foster, 41, reported that Nome (pop. 2,000) was having a pleasant day at 45° and that "a bunch of people are getting their boats in the water here now, mostly...
...ruled Alaska for 20-odd years. Through his trading company, which was to Alaska what Hudson's Bay Co. was to Canada, Baranof ably enhanced Russia's claim to the territory by organizing the country, setting up trade relations with England, the U.S. and Spain, and turning Sitka itself into a glittering, sophisticated Russian colony...
Runner-Up. In Sitka, Alaska, the Sentinel carried an advertisement: "For Sale: Engagement ring, 3 weeks old, never worn. Was tied for 2nd place with six others. Will sell cheap...