Historical Markers in
Sitka, Alaska

250th Anniversary of the Bering- Chirikov Expedition A Town for an Empire Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall Alaska Purchase American Flag Raising Site American Sitka Emmons House Finding Common Ground Forest Service House Forgotten Workers of the Russian-American Company Hanlon-Osbakken House History of Castle Hill (-1804) History of Castle Hill (1804-1867) History of Castle Hill (1867-) In This Place Ladies of the Hill Men of the Hill Noow Tlein Russian Bishop's House Russian Mission Orphanage Sentinel of a Divided Town Sitka Lutheran Church Sitka Woman's Club St. Michael's Cathedral St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral Staton's Steakhouse and Cocktail Lounge Story of a Hill The Priest's House Tilson Building
When faced with the extreme, Alaska calls into play skills and resources that 'outsiders' never have to exercise. Wisdom born of experience. Perhaps that is why Alaska has produced more innovative stuff per capita than any state in the Union. From the Aleut carved hunting hats, delicately constructed from sea lion whiskers and sea otter fur, to the slideholders made from polar bear claws, to the smoke hole plugs from mastodon bone, the real art of Alaska came from a hard sense of grace that dances with the fine line between life and death.
Nick Jans in The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos