Claim: Alaska Commercial Company (known as the Northern Commercial Company from 1901 to 1992) acquired the assets of the Russian-American Company in 1867; then in 1887, an ACC subsidiary was formed to breed blue foxes on Chirikof.
Evidence: From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company (NCC). After the 1867 purchase of Alaska by the United States, the firm of Hutchison, Kohl & Company, including Hayward Hutchison, William Kohl, and Louis Sloss, bought the Russian-American Company.