Front page of The Alaska Spotlight, Alaska's earliest African-American newspaper, from July 28, 1956
Front page of The Alaska Spotlight, Alaska's earliest African-American newspaper, from July 28, 1956.

The newspapers from the state of Alaska provide unique insights into the state’s development, from Russian settlements to the Klondike Gold Rush. Publications like the Alaska Daily Empire (founded in 1916) and the Nome Nugget document local history, Native Alaskan communities, and frontier life. For genealogists, these archives offer invaluable details on early settlers, fishing and mining industries, and migration patterns in America’s last frontier.

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