Iditarod Cabin

Historical marker location:

2100 S Knik-Goose Bay Rd, Wasilla, Alaska

Marker installed: 1995

In loving memory of Dean H. Christopherson

Alaska was once owned by Russia and was known as "Russian America". The Russians established their first settlement on the Kenai Peninsula in 1786, and Alaska remained a Russian colony until it was sold to the United States in 1867.