TheTreadwell Mine caves in. 1918 Father William Duncan of Metlakatla died. 1920 Anchorage organizes a city government. The first government contract for delivering airmail was established. Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines opens.
Natives get the right to vote.
1924 Tlingit William Paul, Sr. 1928 Native children win the right to attend public school in court. The U.S. Navy begins a 5-year survey to map sections of Alaska. 1932 Telephone communications were established in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome. Federal subsidies were provided to farmers from the Midwest and Dust Bowl to settle the Matanuska Valley Colony.