In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . n restored. The Bishop occupies a long, green-roofed, comfortable mansion. The Lutheran Church, built by Governor Etholin in1840 for the Swedes and Finns employed in the foun-dries and shipyards, was the garrison church after thetransfer, but was later abandoned and torn down. One of the largest buildings in Sitka is the big logstructure, now occupied by a general trading store, wasformer
In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . n restored. The Bishop occupies a long, green-roofed, comfortable mansion. The Lutheran Church, built by Governor Etholin in1840 for the Swedes and Finns employed in the foun-dries and shipyards, was the garrison church after thetransfer, but was later abandoned and torn down. One of the largest buildings in Sitka is the big logstructure, now occupied by a general trading store, wasformerly the chief office of the Russian-American FurCompany. There is an eminence in the northern partof the town, where a Russian race-track was formerlylocated, which has been reserved for the erection of anexecutive mansion either by the National Governmentor the Commonwealth when Alaska is admitted to theUnion. Sitka had at one time a large ice trade, the productbeing shipped down the coast to the cities of the Pacificseaboard, but the cheap method of making ice by machinehas ruined this industry. The Blarney stone, a square block on the beach, issupposed to endow those who kiss it with a magic Chilkoot Coat. MRS. TOM. 289 The Sitka Mission and Industrial School was founded bythe Presbyterians in 1878, and is a prosperous and use-ful institution. The native village fronting on the harbornorth of the Sitka wharf has been transformed since1880. Prior to that time the Indians lived in great com-munal dwellings surrounded by filth, but Captain Glasshad the village cleaned at that time and the houses num-bered for record and sanitary inspection. The enforce-ment of rigid rules and the stimulation of the Indianpride have wrought much change for the better. , who is sometimes called the queen, is by no meansof princely lineage, but comes of the commonest Yakutatstock. She has shown a remarkable ability as a money-maker. She is one of the shrewdest traders in the ter-rit
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