Fort Kodiak In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia.. The next year, the US Army shipped a company of soldiers to Kodiak to establish Fort Kodiak.. It was a short-lived post; the soldiers left in 1870.. However, this was a moment of dramatic transition in Kodiak.. In this episode, learn what happened in Kodiak when the Stars and Stripes …
Read More »Way Back In Kodiak – The Persistent Mystery of Kodiak’s Russian Bells
A bell was cast for the Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak in 1796 and discovered in an orange grove in California over 130 years later. In 2013, a Russian bell was brought to Kodiak from California, but it wasn’t the same bell. In this episode, a Russian bell expert, Father Innocent Dresdow, and others discuss the history of Russian bells, …
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Museums Alaska
Many museums across the state are planning for major projects over the coming years. Learn about a few of these projects and the effort of Museums Alaska to advocate for the passage of HB 52 and SB 61, which would provide matching funding for museum capital projects.
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – New Sewers and Ancient Craft
A group of Kodiak women traveled to a museum in Finland to study Alutiiq garments in the collection there. Back in town, they spent months creating a caribou parka, recreating the techniques they learned from the historic garment. In this interview, learn about the skills, materials, and camaraderie that developed as new skin sewers resurrected ancient Alutiiq skills.
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Thelma C
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:08 — 26.7MB)The Thelma C is one of the last remaining earthquake boats, built following the destruction of the Kodiak fishing fleet due to the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Listen to learn about the history of the vessel and the Kodiak Maritime Museum’s work to restore and turn the boat into an …
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Thelma C
The Thelma C is one of the last remaining earthquake boats, built following the destruction of the Kodiak fishing fleet due to the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Listen to learn about the history of the vessel and the Kodiak Maritime Museum’s work to restore and turn the boat into an exhibit on Kodiak’s waterfront.
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Filipinos in Larsen Bay 1915
Way Back in Kodiak – From Cronstad to Kodiak
The first round-the-world voyage of the Russians brought Captain Lisianskii and Count Rezanov to Kodiak in 1804 and 1805. On board one of the vessels was an iron bust of Tsar Alexander I, the only object that still remains in Kodiak from this historic journey. But was it the Neva or the Nadezhda that carried this object? This episode departs …
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Community Archaeology
Staff and volunteers from the Alutiiq Museum excavated near Kashevaroff Mountain this summer. Learn about the community archaeology program and what they uncovered in this episode.
Read More »Way Back in Kodiak – Prospecting for Halibut
In 1911 and 1912, W.J. Erskine set out to answer and important, and potentially lucrative, question: Did Kodiak have enough halibut to support a fishery? One volcanic eruption, one dead engineer, and over 100,000 lbs. of halibut later, Erskine had an answer. But how was the halibut to reach San Francisco consumers? And could they be enticed to eat frozen …
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