Fort William H. Seward

Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era, and was Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It provided a policing presence for miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and a military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. The fort is named for William H. Seward, the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska Purchase.

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  Shootout on Juneau Wharf ⓘ
  1898 gunfight that occurred in Skagway, Alaska

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  Fort William H. Seward ⓘ
  fort in Alaska

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1898 Shootout on Juneau Wharf

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H Ambrose Kiehl and two others seated at engineers camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 141)

Boat landing with mountains in the background, Fort Seward, Alaska, between 1908 and 1918 (AL+CA 2590)

Dam for Fort Seward water supply, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 8)

Engineering camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 132)

Engineers camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 45)

Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937533

Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937537

Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937535

Map of Fort William H. Seward, Alaska - NARA - 103396286

The Creighton Chronicle (1917) (14758611696)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1898	Shootout on Juneau Wharf	Soapy Smith, skirmish, Frank H. Reid	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Fort William H. Seward	historic district, fort	Wikidata
commons	image		H Ambrose Kiehl and two others seated at engineers camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 141)		Commons
commons	image		Boat landing with mountains in the background, Fort Seward, Alaska, between 1908 and 1918 (AL+CA 2590)		Commons
commons	image		Dam for Fort Seward water supply, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 8)		Commons
commons	image		Engineering camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 132)		Commons
commons	image		Engineers camp near Fort Seward, Alaska, 1909 (KIEHL 45)		Commons
commons	image		Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937533		Commons
commons	image		Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937537		Commons
commons	image		Alaska - Chilkoot Barracks - NARA - 23937535		Commons
commons	image		Map of Fort William H. Seward, Alaska - NARA - 103396286		Commons
commons	image		The Creighton Chronicle (1917) (14758611696)		Commons