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Chapter 3:
SITKA NATIONAL MONUMENT, EARLY YEARS

INTRODUCTION

Lovers Lane
Lovers Lane at Sitka National Monument, ca. 1935.
(Photo courtesy of Anchorage Museum of History and Art, #B75.134.61)


Overview

This section treats the years between 1910, when a presidential proclamation designated the park as a historical monument, and 1940, when the first National Park Service employee arrived to staff the park. The period encompassed General Land Office custody of the park between 1910 and 1916, National Park Service assumption of responsibility in 1916, and a variety of subsequent management approaches. Significant additions to the park resources during the period included donation of a replica Russian blockhouse by Sitka residents.



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