GHS Vol. 31 No. 1 Spring/Summer 2026
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- “The anvil has rung with the hammer of compromise”
- “The best in the U.S.”
- “Alaska’s Ben Franklin”: Tom Stewart, convention choreographer
- Stenographer to stateswoman: Hurley had outsized role in Alaska statehood
- Queen Mother’s sceptor was a rolling pin
- “Yell King” Sweeney: sharp convention administrator and political realist
- A political family and deep federal experience honed Nordale’s zeal for statehood
- Douglas from Douglas: commander at sea, “professor” at convention
- “Make the convention sing by means of its language”
- “Army” of the Lord
- Four years after, the final signature
- Van, the Amazon kegler
- Reminders that rarified convention contributors were regular people, too
- For years, Alaskans begged for statehood.Then a New Oleans businessman pushed a risky strategy
- Dockside signs will commemorate Juneau’s worst disaster
- Finally, ditch trail made whole again
- A bounty of books on first free day at LCMM
- Supporters preserve local history – thank you!
