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Migration North to Alaska

Homesteading and Citizenship

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Many who came to Alaska chose to make it their permanant home. Some did so by filing a homestead claim after the Homestead Act was extended to Alaska on December 6, 1897. This allowed settlers to receive land and railroad builders to obtain necessary rights-of-way from the government.

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Foreign settlers began the citizenship process by filing a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization form with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

More information on naturalization records is available from the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

The Documents

Extension of Homestead
Act to Alaska
Public Law 55-95

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Records of the U.S. Government
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Declaration of Intention #445
Arne Simon Kristaffer Erickson,
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Records of the District Courts of the United States
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Migration North to Alaska Main Page

• The Alaska Purchase Treaty
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• The Cancelled Check and Receipt
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• The Gold Rush
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• Natural Resources

• Modes of Transportation
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• Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
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• Homesteading and Citizenship
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• Statehood