Fatal Duel

Historical marker location:

, Skagway, Alaska

( Marker is at the intersection of Second Avenue and State Street, on the right when traveling east on Second Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.