Teaching With Documents:
Migration North to Alaska
Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
Not everyone who came to Alaska did so because of its natural resources. Many came to build the territory's (and ultimately the state's) infrastructure. They built schools and started businesses. In the 1930s, some settled the Matanuska region.
What encouraged people to settle in your state or town?
The Documents
Public School, Eagle
Note the new flag of which the
teacher is very proud. All the
scholars enrolled are seen
grouped around the teacher.
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Hotel, Eagle
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National Archives and Records Administration
Donated Materials in the National Archives
200(S)-MH(A2)-94
Annie Holdaway's Letter to
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8/13/34
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View Franklin Roosevelt's Response
National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Office of Territories
Record Group 126
Migration North to Alaska Main Page
- Modes of Transportation
- Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
- Homesteading and Citizenship
- Statehood
