The stories of Sitka Borough, AK
20 narrated audio stories from across Sitka Borough — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Chief Shakes Tribal House
A House Rebuilt to Hold a Line
On Shakes Island, a rebuilt clan house carries Tlingit history forward.
Shakes Island
Where Wrangell Crosses the Water
A tiny island where clan history, place, and performance come together.
Chief Shakes House
A House Built to Remember
How a reconstructed clan house became Wrangell’s public memory of Tlingit history.
Wrangell City and Borough
A British Post on Russian Ground
Fort Stikine turns imperial rivalry into a very human frontier story.
Wrangell City and Borough
At the Stikine Gate
Why Fort Wrangell mattered on Alaska’s early American frontier.
Sitka
Where the Biggest King Carries More Than Glory
In Sitka, a salmon derby turns competition into community support.
Wrangell City and Borough
A British Post on Russian Ground
Fort Stikine’s strange lease tells a very human frontier story.
Wrangell City and Borough
Where Wrangell’s Colonial History Began
A stockade rose in an old Tlingit place and changed Alaska history.
Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall
Where Wrangell Gathered and Traditions Stayed Public
A hall where community life, organizing, music, and dance stayed visible.
Chief Shakes House
More Than a Totem: The Meaning of Chief Shakes House
A clan house that tells Wrangell’s Tlingit story with precision, not decoration.
Sitka High School
When Sitka Turns Out for Wolves and Braves
In Sitka, school sports have long felt like a whole-town affair.
Wrangell City and Borough
When the Guns Turned on Wrangell
A frontier fort, an adjacent village, and a devastating show of force.
Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall
Where Wrangell Gathered and Kept Native Life Public
A hall where civic struggle and community celebration shared the same floor.
Wrangell City and Borough
Where Wrangell’s Long Story Took Hold
A frontier stockade, a trade river, and the making of Wrangell.
Sitka National Historical Park
Where the Poles Stand and the Questions Remain
A story of art, preservation, and displacement in Sitka.
Sitka
Baranov, the Boss and the Law
In New Archangel, keeping order meant policing your own fragile colony.
Sitka National Historical Park
Where Sitka Holds Two Histories
A battlefield became Alaska’s first federally protected historic landscape.
Sitka
When the Fur Company Was the Law
In New Archangel, trade, labor, and justice answered to one company.
Sitka National Historical Park
Where Sitka Changed Hands
A battle for control, and a memory that never left.
Shakes Island
Where Wrangell Crosses Into Clan History
A small harbor island where Tlingit history and performance meet.
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