Californian disaster. You dont think about alaska unless perhaps youre an earthquake specialist or some trivia master. But alaska is exactly where the great quake happened on march 27, 1964, at 9. 2 on the Richter Scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in north america and the second most powerful in world history. Does anyone know the most powerful . [inaudible] the answer is chile in 1960, and that when registered 9. 5. The white and alaska lasted more than four minutes which is an incredibly long time for an earthquake. The human tragedy and physical damage of it all are dramatically and vividly captured by henry in his book, but the impact on people, on structures and on the landscape is only part of the story that henry tales. His book also is a story about how a major Natural Disaster ended up spurring scientific inquiries. And that part of the story centers around one individual in particular, a geologist with u. S. Geological survey named george plastered. He wasnt
In 1912, officially organized and developed the leadership of Southeast Alaska and for alaska natives out of that group. The alaska native brotherhood is where the nucleus of the native power was organized, where it was developed, and where the leadership came from. The alaska native brotherhood endorsed the statehood act. They wanted statehood because it would give them a larger voice, they felt, with representatives back in congress and better control and out from under the bias thumbs. People dont realize how federalized we were in rural alaska, the native community under the bia. Narrator former colonel and now delegate marvin muktuk marston had worked with governor gruening to enlist alaska natives into the territorial guard during world war ii. It was an Early Warning scout brigade to watch out for japanese landings on mainland alaska. Now he wanted alaska to recognize native land claims. Marston was, no doubt, the most eloquent and impassioned defender of what h were the best fo
Male announcer statehood was funded by [cheerleaders chanting] [cheers and applause] [sports announcer speaking indistinctly] male narrator the comforts and pleasures of modern living were a Long Time Coming for the pioneers of alaska and for the native people whove been here for millennia. To win statehood in 20thcentury america, alaskans had to unite, tell their story to the nation, and convince a skeptical congress. Fortunately, this land bred people with drive and talent, and over the years, they and their spectacular homeland won a special spot in americas heart. Still, powerful forces that controlled alaskas vast wealth werent about to give up their influencenot without a fight. In 1939, a new yorker named Ernest Gruening headed north to be the new governor of alaska. Back in washington, he too often ignored the chain of command, infuriating his boss, secretary of the interior harold ickes. So he wanted to fire him, and roosevelt was not he didnt like to fire people, so he promot
[cheerleaders chanting] [cheers and applause] [sports announcer speaking indistinctly] male narrator the comforts and pleasures of modern living were a Long Time Coming for the pioneers of alaska and for the native people whove been here for millennia. To win statehood in 20thcentury america, alaskans had to unite, tell their story to the nation, and convince a skeptical congress. Fortunately, this land bred people with drive and talent, and over the years, they and their spectacular homeland won a special spot in americas heart. Still, powerful forces that controlled alaskas vast wealth werent about to give up their influencenot without a fight. In 1939, a new yorker named Ernest Gruening headed north to be the new governor of alaska. Back in washington, he too often ignored the chain of command, infuriating his boss, secretary of the interior harold ickes. So he wanted to fire him, and roosevelt was not he didnt like to fire people, so he promoted him to make him governor of alaska,
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