Hard Rock Miners

Historical marker location:

, Juneau, Alaska

( Marker can be reached from Marine Way near South Franklin Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Audiobooks about the history of Alaska.

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.