David Reamer | Alaska history

As ship traffic increased in Alaska, so did the installation of lighthouses in the early 20th century. And there wasn’t a more remote outpost than the one situated 80 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor.

Everything may be bigger in Texas, but once Alaska usurped the Lone Star State in size, the contest for supremacy was on between the two states.

The dogs — many of which were from Nome, trained and transported by mushing legend Scotty Allan — assisted French troops in the Vosges mountain range, helping transport supplies and run telephone wire.

Histories of Alaska: Both parties were fined in the case of Chief Jacob T. Martin against Charles Anderson and Anderson was found guilty of using obscene language. It was one of dozens of examples of significant tickets for profanity in the early 20th century.

The Japanese weapons, called fu-gos, were mostly benign and had no real impact on the outcome of the war.

The ship, which crashed near Valdez on its final voyage, had “been punctured and so many times repaired that she was practically a ship of cement,” according to one captain.

Alaska history: Sea ice trapped 32 vessels and more than 1,200 people on board with nearly 200 whale boats dispatched to save the ships’ crews.

Greg Smithey created the famous workout routine while he lived and worked in Anchorage during the 1980s.

Alaska history: At its peak during the more than two decades of operation, over 40 scientists and engineers were stationed on the floating landmass, engaging in a diverse range of biological, geophysical, and meteorological studies.

Alaska history: In fact, Strong was born in Canada and was revealed to be a bigamist, essentially ending his political career.

Histories of Anchorage: In 1983, Flynt had claimed he was going to attempt to prove that there was a conspiracy surrounding the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 that killed 269 people.

Historian David Reamer did a survey of a week’s worth of newspapers leading up to Christmas 1922. Here’s what he found.

Alaska history: With the S.S. Ohio almost 30 days overdue, the passengers, increasingly filthy and hungry, began an evolution into a mob.

The program recruited 89 Alaskan stay-behind agents but was disbanded in 1959, deemed too expensive to maintain for its uncertain value.

There were once seven in the state, all built within an eight-year period. But they’ve all been replaced, generally with more sturdy steel versions.