Sitka
July 18th 2016 Sitka is our final Alaskan port. This town retains much of it's Russian character. It was the capital of Russian Alaska until the US bought the territory for 7,200,000 or about 2 cents an acre. It was considered a foolish purchase by the people at the time. Sitka remained the capital of Alaska Terreratory until it was moved to Juneau.
We opted for a three prong sightseeing excursion. The f
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