Alaska Lodges
Many people like to go on vacation to Alaska and get a lodge to stay at. They may want to go to the state to see the landscapes, the culture, the wildlife, the scenery, the society, or the towns, or rural areas. Some may want a cheap or luxury lodge. Some may want a lodge in the mountians or near the cities. Some may want a lodge that has a good status. Some may want lodges made of specific materials such as wood lodges or brick lodges.
The first European contact with Alaska occurred in the year 1741, when Vitus Bering led an expedition for the Russian Navy aboard the St. Peter. After his crew returned to Russia bearing sea otter pelts judged to be the finest fur in the world, small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia towards the Aleutian islands. The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1784, and the Russian-American Company carried out an expanded colonization program during the early to mid-1800s. New Archangel on Kodiak Island was Alaska's first capital, but for a century under both Russia and the USA Sitka was the capital. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska, and the colony was never very profitable. William H. Seward, the USA Secretary of State, negotiated the Alaskan purchase in 1867 for $7.2 million. Alaska was loosely governed by the military for years, and was unoffically a territory of the United States from 1884 on.
In the 1890s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought thousands of miners and settlers to Alaska. Alaska was granted official territorial status in 1912. At this time the capital was moved to Juneau.
During World War II, the Aleutian Islands Campaign focused on the three outer Aleutian Islands — Attu, Agattu and Kiska - that were invaded by Japanese troops and occupied between June 1942 and August 1943. Unalaska/Dutch Harbor became a significant base for the USA Army Air Corps and Navy submariners.
The USA Lend-Lease program involved flying American warplanes through Canada to Fairbanks and thence Nome; Russian pilots took possession of these aircraft, ferrying them to fight the German invasion of Russia. The construction of military bases contributed to the population growth of some Alaskan cities.
Statehood was approved in 1958. Alaska was officially proclaimed a state on January 3, 1959.
The 1968 discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay and the 1977 completion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline led to an oil boom.
Barrow is a city in and the borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the state of Alaska, United States. Barrow is the northernmost settlement on the North American mainland and in the United States. Nearby Point Barrow is the northernmost point of the United States.
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the USA state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-Alaska Territory was moved from Sitka.
Anchorage is a consolidated city-borough in the USA state of Alaska. Anchorage was established in 1914 as a railroad construction port for the Alaska Railroad, which was built between 1915 and 1923. Ship Creek Landing, where the railroad headquarters was located, quickly became a tent city; Anchorage was incorporated on November 23, 1920. The city's economy in the 1920s centered around the railroad. Between the 1930s and the 1950s, the city experienced massive growth as air transportation and the military became increasingly important. Merrill Field opened in 1930, and Anchorage International Airport opened in 1951. Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson were constructed in the 1940s. The municipality unified in 1970 when the City of Juneau merged with the City of Douglas and the surrounding borough to form the current home rule municipality.
Settlements in Alaska include or have included
Adak, Akhiok, Akiak, Akutan, Alakanuk, Aleknagik, Allakaket, Ambler, Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Anderson, Angoon, Aniak, Anvik, Atka, Atqasuk, Barrow, Bethel, Bettles, Brevig Mission, Buckland, Chefornak, Chevak, Chignik, Chuathbaluk, Clark's Point, Coffman Cove, Cold Bay, Cooper Landing, Cordova, Craig, Deering, Delta Junction, Dillingham, Diomede, Eagle, Eek, Egegik, Ekwok, Elim, Emmonak, Fairbanks, False Pass, Fort Yukon, Galena, Gambell, Golovin, Goodnews Bay, Grayling, Gustavus, Haines, Holy Cross, Homer, Hoonah, Hooper Bay, Houston, Hughes, Huslia, Hydaburg, Juneau, Kachemak, Kake, Kaktovik, Kaltag, Kasaan, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kiana, King Cove, Kivalina, Klawock, Kobuk, Kodiak, Kotlik, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Koyukuk, Kupreanof, Kwethluk, Larsen Bay, Lower Kalskag, Manokotak, Marshall, McGrath, Mekoryuk, Mountain Village, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Nenana, New Stuyahok, Newhalen, Nightmute, Nikolai, Nome, Nondalton, Noorvik, North Pole, Nuiqsut, Nulato, Nunam Iqua, Nunapitchuk, Nushagak, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, Palmer, Pelican, Petersburg, Pilot Point, Pilot Station, Platinum, Point Hope, Port Alexander, Port Heiden, Port Lions, Quinhagak, Ruby, Russian Mission, St. George, St. Mary's, St. Michael, St. Paul, Sand Point, Savoonga, Saxman, Scammon Bay, Selawik, Seldovia, Seward, Shageluk, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Shungnak, Sitka, Soldotna, Stebbins, Tanana, Teller, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Unalakleet, Un, Upper Kalskag, Valdez, Wainwright, Wales, Wasilla, White Mountain, Whittier, Wrangell, Yakutat City and Borough
Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage, and access to common household functions.
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