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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBI_pelton-wheels_Juneau-AK.html
Pelton wheels are among the most efficient types of water wheels. It was invented by Lester Allan Pelton (1829-1908) in the 1870s, and is an impulse machine, meaning that it uses Newton's second law to extract energy from a jet of fluid. It should…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBF_liberty-bell-reproduction_Juneau-AK.html
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was placed on permanent display at the Treasury by direction of Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. It is a duplicate of the original Liberty Bell in tone as well as in structural details and dimensions.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CBE_st-nichlolas-russian-orthodox-church_Juneau-AK.html
A building rich with history
Juneau's gold rush in the 1880s initiated efforts by various missionaries to convert the Native peoples to their faith. American missionaries were instructed to suppress the use of native languages and as a result, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CB2_chief-kyan-totem-pole_Ketchikan-AK.html
Totem poles are carved to honor deceased ancestors record history, social events, and oral tradition. They were never worshipped as religious objects.
This totem is the second replication of the Chief Kyan Totem Pole. The original pole was car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAR_atlantic-salmon-a-threat-to-the-chugach-national-forest_Anchorage-AK.html
Commercial farming of Atlantic salmon using ocean net pens is important to the economy in several areas of the Pacific Northwest, especially along the coast of British Columbia.
However, net pen fish farming has been banned in Alaska since 1990…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAQ_coho-salmon-life-cycle_Anchorage-AK.html
1 to 4 years in fresh water
Most coho migrate to sea after one or two years in fresh water.
Sept 1-Nov 15 The adult cohos are the last of the Pacific salmon to arrive in the river to spawn.
Nov 15-April 1 The eggs incubate over the winte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAH_our-living-national-symbol_Anchorage-AK.html
Top Predators
Eagles will prey on any animal they are capable of overtaking including ducks, gulls, porcupines, foxes and rabbits. The primary tool used to catch and kill prey are its feet. Equipped with needle sharp talons and powerful tendons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAG_brown-bears-of-awcc_Anchorage-AK.html
Good Clean Livin
The largest bear enclosure in the United States is found here at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Solar electricity powers the electric fence that encloses 18 acres of land, and water is pumped into the pond by the rota…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAF_moose-calves_Anchorage-AK.html
Calves are born mid-May to early June. Cows give birth to twins 15 to 75 percent of the time and triplets occur about once in every 1,000 births.
Calves stand within minutes and begin eating vegetation a few days after birth.
Calves stay wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAE_1964-earthquake_Anchorage-AK.html
This cabin was part of the original Portage town site. The small coastal towns of Girdwood and Portage located on Turnagain Arm were destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. Girdwood was later relocated a few miles inland, while Portage, which subsided b…