Seldovia, Alaska Detailed Contents

Prehistory
The Past is Discovered
Seldovia's Ancient Artifacts
Seldovia Midden Found in 1993

Early Exploration
Glacial Influence
Early Explorers
Seldovia Bay is Names
American Exploration

Seldovia's Modern Beginnings
Russian Retirement Community?
Or Native Village?
Seldovia or Akedaaknak?
Seldovia's Native Culture
Preserving Tanaina Culture
Ways of the Seldovia Tanaina

Russian Culture and Influence
Orthodox Church Provides Seldovia Census
Travel Journals of the Russian Orthodox Priests
St Nicholas Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Celebrations and Observances

Fur and Fin
Seldovia's "Furst" Industry
Fur: Trapping and Hunting Give Way to Farming
There's Gold up the Inlet!
Herring
Salmon
Moving the Fish
Salted Salmon
Canning Overview
Salmon Fishery in the 1900's and 30's
Great Depression Weakens the Salmon Fishery

Fur and Fin (continued)
Working in the Cannery
The Wartime Fishery
Postwar to Present
Crab
Clams
Halibut
Shrimp
Diversified Catch Today
Mining Around Seldovia
Chrome Mining
Harvesting Trees
Tourism

Life in Old Seldovia
Seldovia School Days
Special Delivery: Seldovia's Post Office
Law and (dis)Order in Early Seldovia
Raise Yer Jug: Bootlegging in Seldovia
On the Boardwalk
Business on the Boardwalk
Read All About It In the Seldovia Heralds
The Seldovia Women's Club
Behind the Scenes: Public Utilities and Services
Fourth of July: A Seldovia Celebration
Childhood Scrapbook

The Earthquake and Urban Renewal
Water Torture
Urban Renewal: To Be or Not To Be
The Reshaping of Seldovia
Final Thoughts

Glossary

Index


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