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This Day in History
Posted: Tuesday, October 04, 2005
In Alaska
• In 1876, "Klondike Kate" Rockwell was born.
• In 1880, Joe Juneau and Richard Harris staked the first mining claims in Silverbow Basin in Juneau.
• In 1943, the Alaska Glacier Seafood Company plant at Petersburg was destroyed by fire.
• In 1969, work stopped on Juneau's $50 million Snettisham Power Project after the Army Corps of Engineers ran out of money to let additional contracts.
In the nation
• In 1777, George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pa., resulting in heavy American casualties.