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Yukon/Alaska Chronology:
1900 - 1929
- 1900
- - May 26: Congress authorizes a massive telegraph construction project in Alaska.
- 1902
- - Alaska's first producing oil well comes in at Katalla.
- - Alaska's brown bears are protected by law.
- - July 22: Felice Pedroni ("Felix Pedro") discovers gold in the Tanana Hills, causing a stampede which resulted in the founding of Fairbanks.
- 1903
- - The dispute regarding the location of the border between Alaska and the Yukon and British Columbia is finally settled.
- - A submarine telegraph cable is laid between Seattle and Sitka.
- 1904
- - May: The first commercial wireless communication facility in the U.S. is opened, between Nome and St.Michael.
- 1906
- - The capital is moved from Sitka to Juneau.
- - May 7: The Alaska Delegate Act passed by Congress, giving the territory's 40,000 people the right to elect a non-voting delegate to Congress.
- 1910
- The hunting of sea otters in Alaskan waters is banned.
- 1911
- The hunting of sea otters and fur seals is controlled by legislation signed by Britain, Russia, Japan and the United States.
- 1912
- - August 24: The Alaska Territorial Act is passed by Congress.
- 1913
- - Women are given the right to vote in Alaska, 7 years ahead of federal enfranchisement.
- - July 3: the first airplane in Alaska makes a demonstration flight at Fairbanks, piloted by James V.Lilly.
- 1914
- - March 12: A bill authorizing the construction of the government-financed Alaska Railroad is signed by President Wilson. Construction started in 1915, and some sections were opened as they were completed, but the entire line, running from Seward to Fairbanks, was not completed until July 15, 1923.
- 1915
- An old-age pension plan is established in Alaska.
- 1917
- Mount McKinley National Park is established.
- 1918
- - October 25: The coastal steamer Princess Sophia sinks near Juneau, killing 463 people, about 10% of the Yukon's white population.
- 1919
- - April 3: The Yukon finally allows women to vote in Territorial elections. Manitoba had been the first province to enfranchise women, in 1916, and federal enfranchisement was passed in May 1918.
- - July 10: Louis Beauvette stakes the first silver claim at Keno Hill, in the central Yukon; by 1930 this district was producing 14% of all the silver mined in Canada.
- 1920
- The U.S.Army's "Black Wolf Squadron" passes through the Yukon and Alaska on an unsuccessful around-the-world flight attempt.
- 1922
- - Commercial air service is started between Seattle and Ketchikan, by Roy F.Jones.
- 1924
- - February 24: Carl Ben Eielson makes Alaska's first Air Mail flight.
- - July: The first round-the-world flight is made by the U.S. Army Air Corps; many stops were made at points in the Yukon and Alaska.
- - The first scheduled air service in Alaska is started at Fairbanks by Noel Wien.
- 1925
- - Alaska begins a huge airfield contruction program, by diverting 1/6 of the Territorial road construction budget.
- - Alaska's first game laws are enacted, and the Alaska Game Commission is formed.
- 1927
- - Marvel Crosson becomes the first woman to earn a pilot's license in Alaska.
1900 - 1929
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