Delta Junction, Alaska

Historical marker location:
2885 Alaska Highway, Delta Junction, Alaska
( Marker is at the intersection of Alaska Highway (at milepost 1,422) and Richardson Highway, on the left when traveling north on Alaska Highway.)

Marker
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Northern Terminus of the "Alcan" Highway

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.