- A Brief History of Alaska Statehood
- The one hundred years between "Seward's Folly" (1867) and statehood (1959) comprise an intriguing though often ignored narrative about the importance of the "great land" to United States history.
- Alaska During the Pacific War
- Department of the Navy -- Naval Historical Center.
- Alaska Historical Society
- Information on the society's activities, publications, membership, links, history and the latest books on the historic north.
- Alaska Railroad History
- Web site of the Alaska Railroad with information on scenic rail tours, freight services and history.
- Arctic Studies Center -- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- The center studies northern peoples, exploring history, archaeology, social change and human lifeways across the circumpolar world. The Alaska office is in Anchorage.
- Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North
- The web exhibition by the University of Washington Library highlights the journey north of Klondike "Stampeders.".
- Meeting of Frontiers
- A bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
- PBS: Harriman Expedition Retraced
- In the Harriman Expedition Retraced, scientists, naturalists and artists are observing anew the sites visited by E. H. Harriman's scouting parties a century ago.
- Prehistory of Alaska
- The National Park Service provides an overview of Alaskan prehistory. Includes links to 15 national parks in Alaska.
- Society Hill: Alaska
- Searchable directory with information about historical and genealogical societies in Alaska.
- State History Guide: Alaska
- Features chronological history of Alaska from prehistory to present day.
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