SAXMAN Legend: Tlignit Indian Village, established 1894. Is named for school teacher Samuel Saxman one of three men lost Dec. of 1886 while scouting for a new location for people of Tongass and Cape Fox villages. Totems here comprising world's largest collection including poles moved from Pennock, Tongass and Village Islands and from Old Cape Fox village at Kirk Point. Many are poles restored under Federal works project directed by the Forest Service beginning in 1939. Alaska Department of Highways

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Size: 2625px × 3937px
Location: Saxman Totem Park, Saxman, Alaska, United States of America
Photo credit: © Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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