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In an effort to thwart statehood and Alaskan home rule from Washington D.C., the Alaska Syndicate, was formed in 1906 by J. P. Morgan and Simon Guggenheim. The Syndicate purchased the Kennicott-Bonanza copper mine and had majority control of the Alaskan steamship and rail transportation. The syndicate also was in charge of a large part of the salmon industry.

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Alaska Syndicate

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rule from Washington D.C., the Alaska Syndicate, was formed in 1906 by J. P. Morgan and Simon Guggenheim. The Syndicate purchased the Kennicott-Bonanza...

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James Wickersham

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territorial status for Alaska and trust-busting the Alaska Syndicate. The issue of home-rule in Alaska fell under the popular idea that Alaska had been neglected...

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Alaska Statehood Act

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made it more difficult for Alaska to push toward self-government. One of these was the formation of the "Alaska Syndicate" in 1906 by the two industry...

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Copper River and Northwestern Railway

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the Alaska Syndicate) between 1908 and 1911 to take copper ore from Kennecott, Alaska to Cordova, Alaska, a distance of 315 km (196 mi). The Alaska Syndicate...

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Alaska Steamship Company

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of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897. The company was purchased by the Alaska Syndicate and merged with the Northwestern Steamship Company in 1909, but retained...

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Alaska Anthracite Railroad

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The Alaska Anthracite Railroad Company was formed about 1907 by several people to exploit the Bering River coal fields after the Alaska Syndicate that...

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Daniel Guggenheim

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his brother formed a gentlemen's agreement with Birch to form the Alaska Syndicate, which purchased just under half of the stock in Birch's company and...

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Alaska Rural Communications Service

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Anchorage, Alaska, and is operated by Alaska Public Media. Programming is beamed via satellite to the rural transmitters owned by the Alaska state government...

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Bering Strait crossing

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a syndicate of American railroad magnates proposed (through a French spokesman) a Siberian–Alaskan railroad from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska through...

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George Crawford Britton

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investigated a case in connection with the monopolistic practices of the Alaska Syndicate. Britton was born near Tipton, Iowa in 1854. His parents were Thomas...

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Pope Yeatman

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summers of 1906 and 1909, he did investigative work in Alaska that purportedly led to the Alaska Syndicate, connecting the Guggenheims with J. P. Morgan. He...

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Michael James Heney

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via the Alaska Syndicate, sought access to the copper ore deposits at Kennecott, Alaska. When an alternate route starting at the Katalla, Alaska, port was...

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Exxon Valdez oil spill

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disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez...

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Bering Strait

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Alaska was made by French engineer Baron Loicq de Lobel in 1906. Czar Nicholas II of Russia issued an order authorising a Franco-American syndicate represented...

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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

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The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation, research, education, and animal care. The center is located...

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Deaths in 2024

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Cambridge MPP and NDP cabinet minister, dies Umro Dragan Kapičić (in Serbian) Syndicated Radio Staple ‘Truckin’ Tom Kent Has Died Philanthropist Ann Lurie dies...

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Ranch dressing

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Thayer, Nebraska native working as a plumbing contractor in the Anchorage, Alaska area, while cooking to feed his work crews. Henson retired from plumbing...

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List of Hells Angels support clubs

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Columbia (patched over in 1983) Savages MC Shadow Club MC Stolen Souls MC Syndicate MC Teamsters' Horsemen MC Throttle Lockers MC Zig Zag Crew Octanates Motoclub...

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Association of Alternative Newsmedia

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represented are Alaska, Delaware, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Alternative Press Syndicate Form 990: Return...

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2015 in British television

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the Midwife Moone Boy (2012–2015) Prisoners' Wives (2012–present) The Syndicate Stella Stand Up To Cancer The Voice UK Tipping Point Paul O'Grady: For...

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Father Knows Best

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picnic, Charles tells Betty there's a chance he will be transferred to Alaska. If he doesn't go, he would like to marry Betty. The next day at 9 o'clock...

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Norwegian Bliss

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schedule of debuting in Alaska, United States in June 2018, and is designed for improved energy efficiency to meet Alaska's environmental regulations...

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Chad Carpenter

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state of Alaska in 1991. Since then, he has self-syndicated it to over 600 newspapers, an unusually high amount for strips in self-syndication. Chad Carpenter...

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