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Migration North to Alaska

Natural Resources

Gold was not the only valuable natural resource that encouraged migration to Alaska. Silver, copper, oil, coal, and other minerals were plentiful, and Alaska was rich in timber, fish and other marine and wildlife.

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The Documents

Three-ton Nugget
of Native Copper

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Logs on Railroad Cars

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Records of the Forest Service
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Migration North to Alaska Main Page

• The Alaska Purchase Treaty
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• The Cancelled Check and Receipt
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• The Gold Rush
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• Natural Resources

• Modes of Transportation
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• Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
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• Homesteading and Citizenship
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• Statehood