Eagle (Alaska)
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 The Yukon at Eagle |
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1874 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 64 ° 47 ′ N , 141 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 86 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 33.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 260 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-20380 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1401499 | ||
Eagle or also increasingly called Tthee T'äwdlenn (the name in Häɬ goɬan, the language of the Han (Hän Hwëch'in) who once settled here ) is a place in Alaska at the northern end of the Taylor Highway . The Native Village of Eagle is adjacent .
history
The village was founded in the 1880s by the Alaska Commercial Company , who wanted to set up a trading post for fur near the Canadian border in the Yukon . The responsible François Mercier chose the Indian village of Eagle Village as the location .
The Klondike gold rush that began in 1896 on the nearby Klondike River and the associated construction of the Valdez Trail drew attention to the remote trading post. A community administration and a post office were built and the US Army built barracks. The judge sent by the US government Wickersham took over the jurisdiction for the region from Eagle in 1900.
As a result of the gold discoveries, Eagle grew to 1,700 inhabitants by 1901, was elevated to a town and was the largest settlement in inland Alaska. In 1903, when it was connected to the telegraph line to Valdez on the Pacific coast , Eagle became the most northerly telegraph station on the continent. Today the telegraph office serves as a border post for travelers on the Yukon.
After the Second World War , the population had shrunk to nine people. The creation of the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserves with administrative headquarters in Eagle and the construction of the Taylor Highway in 1953 saved the site from insignificance. Today Eagle is a port of call for tourists during the summer thanks to petrol stations and shops. In winter, Eagle is supplied with dog sleds and snowmobiles via the uncleared highway.
