Jun 7, 2024
In May 2024, the Kodiak History Museum and KMXT partnered for a special three-part series on Kodiak’s historic bars. This series accompanied our temporary exhibit, Kodiak’s Historic Bars. The exhibit was co-curated with Douglas Vandegraft, Toby Sullivan, and Jim...
May 31, 2024
KHM recently hosted a virtual lecture on May 31st, titled “Kodiak’s Historic Bars”. In the lecture, Douglas Vandegraft, author of A Guide to the Notorious Bars of Alaska, presented his research into the history of bars in Kodiak. This presentation is...
Sep 30, 2016
March 30, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the US purchase of Alaska from Russia. To commemorate this sesquicentennial, the Alaska Historical Commission funded a research project by the Kodiak Historical Society into the history and records of Fort Kodiak at the...
Aug 14, 2015
John and Diane Lovejoy had never been to Kodiak before, but when they visited this August, they were coming home. John’s mother is Natalya Kashevaroff, daughter of Father Andrew Kashevaroff. If you have lived in Kodiak, the last name is likely familiar....
Oct 4, 2014
I admit it. I have lusted over this Alaska Improvement Company can from the moment I read that Kodiak resident Nick Troxell had purchased it on e-bay. In fact, I went so far as to save a place for it in the fisheries exhibit that we are putting together as part of the...
