MAKE A MEME View Large Image Snow covered mountains near Belkofski, ca 1912 (THWAITES 169).jpeg Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Scene near Belkofsky Alaska PH Coll 247 361<br/>Belkofski is located on a point at the eastern end of the Alaska ...
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Keywords: Snow covered mountains near Belkofski, ca 1912 (THWAITES 169).jpeg Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Scene near Belkofsky Alaska PH Coll 247 361<br/>Belkofski is located on a point at the eastern end of the Alaska Peninsula 12 miles southeast of King Cove Russians originally settled Aleuts at Belkofski in 1823 to harvest the large concentration of sea otters inhabiting the area's reefs At the height of this exploitation Belkofski was one of the most affluent villages in the area In the 1880s there were three stores and residents imported building materials and furniture from San Francisco A Russian Orthodox Church was built When the otter industry diminished at the turn of the century so did the population of Belkofski Remaining residents trapped Cash employment in the Pribilofs King Cove or Sand Point lured residents away from the village Belkofski is now a summer fishing camp used by King Cove residents and other area Aleuts Subjects LCTGM Mountains--Alaska; Bodies of water--Alaska depicted place United States--Alaska--Belkofski ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 169 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW188 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Mountains of Alaska Bodies of water in Alaska Belkofski Alaska
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