Fort William H. Seward , also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission , is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska , about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era, and was Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It provided a policing presence for miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and a military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. The fort is named for William H. Seward , the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase .
6-761: Chilkoot or The Chilkoot or variation may refer to: Chilkoot Barracks, an alternative name for Fort William H. Seward , Alaska, USA Chilkoot Inlet , terminus of the Chilkoot River, in Alaska Chilkoot Lake , in Haines Township, Alaska; source of the Chilkoot River Chilkoot Pass , on the Chilkoot Trail, crossing from Alaska, USA to BC, Canada, over
12-492: A former municipality which was merged into Haines, Alaska See also [ edit ] Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site , a National Historic Landmark in Alaska Chilkat (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chilkoot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
18-718: The Coast Mountains Chilkoot Reservation, a U.S. Indian Reservation in Alaska, see List of Indian reservations in the United States Chilkoot River , a river in southeast Alaska Chilkoot Trail , a part of the Klondike Gold Rush Trail between Dyea, Alaska, USA, and Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada Chilkoot tribe, a tribe of Tlingit found in Haines Township, Alaska, USA Port Chilkoot,
24-517: The area during that year. Between 1902 and 1904, a formal infantry outpost consisting of 85 wood-frame buildings was constructed under the supervision of Colonel W. P. Richardson, and was formally named in 1904. It was first occupied by three companies of the Third Infantry, previously stationed at Camp Skagway. By 1909 the fort had grown to cover more than 4,000 acres (1,600 ha). It was formally renamed Chilkoot Barracks in 1922, honoring
30-605: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chilkoot&oldid=868979595 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort William H. Seward The fort was formally authorized by an executive order of President William McKinley in December 1898. United States Army troops had been stationed unofficially in
36-567: The local Chilkoot people and the Chilkoot Trail used during the gold rush. Between 1921 and 1925 all other military installations in Alaska were shut down; in 1927 Fort Seward was manned by a force of 255. The fort was formally deactivated in 1945, and sold to the Port Chilkoot Company. The property has been developed as an art colony ; it includes housing and art galleries, and accommodations for tourists. The fort
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