Talk:Sitka, Alaska

message: The article states that ferry service is spotty and minimal.  I'm not sure I agree with this statement.  I spent a several months in the area the last two summers, often near the ferry terminal in Starrigavan Bay.  Ferrys frequently came in and out while I was there, and securité calls could often be heard from them as they went through Whitestone Narrows.  Some quick searching on the official site says that there are only weekly sailings from Bellingham (vs. twice weekly to Ketchikan and Petersburg), but I don't think that is infrequent enough to warrant a label of spotty.Stubblyhead 23:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ferry service to Sitka

message: Here are some stats to consider:
*Sitka gets 17 calls in the month of January '06 -- population: 8,800
*Petersburg gets 34 calls in the month of January '06 -- population 3,200 (nearly two and a half times smaller that Sitka) although this can be argued as an anomaly
*Ketchikan gets 30 calls in the month January '06 -- population 8,000 a town of comprable size
My argument is that a town that gets twice a little service as comprable and smaller-sized towns should be labeled as "spotty" especially considering the ferries are the primary mode of transportation for many Southeast Alaskans.
I'm not sure if this convinces you, but I think it's obvious at very least that we can note that Sitka has less service than other towns. Also keep in mind that service is all relative, so while you were at (I'm assuming) Starrigavan Campground and saw ferries coming every other day that may seem a lot but relatively it isn't. What are your thoughts?Jarfingle 02:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ferry Service

message: There's a huge amount of recorded and oral Tlingit history of Sitka. Someone should take some time to examine anthropological and historical records involving Stika, and list some of the more famous potlatches, interclan wars, etc. that occurred in Stika. More importantly, someone should add some of the Tlingit side of the story to the history about Sitka's early battles between the Russians and the Tlingit.
I would do a lot of this, but I never can find enough time. So I'm encouraging anyone with a historical or anthropological bent to look into this. — Jéioosh 22:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tlingit history

message: What are editors' opinions on maintaining a trivia section in this article? Dkreisst 07:50, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: I was wondering when it was decided to rename Novoarkhangelsk to Sitka, as I can't find a specific reference to it in the article. Was it when the Alaska Purchase came into effect or when general Jefferson C. Davis the Russians out of the settlement threw or at some other date? --Hardscarf (talk) 16:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of renaming Novoarkhangelsk to Sitka

message: It seems that nearly the whole population of Novoarhagelskij (renamed later Sitka) was of Finnish origin. Only few ethnic Russian lived there, but more than 500 Finns which were citizen of The Grand Duchy of Finland, then part of Imperial Russia. Also some Germans from Danzig, Balts from Courland and, according to their names, quite many Mordvians (Volga Finns). It was a real "Wild West" according to the Finnish preserved records, still available in Finnish archives. The Finnish men were quite popular in the eyes of the Indian women with a result that the descendants of such free sexual relationships spreaded from Sitka to Fort Ross in California and can be today (2008) accounted in thousands. Finnish language seems to have been the general language used and I think the main road was named Suomentie (Finland´s Road) if they followed the common practice of Finnish emigrants. There is lot of additional information also in Finnish Wikipedia, but unfortunately only in Finnish language. The Finns can be found in both church registers, the Protestant and Orthodox ones, and form the majority of the whole European population in Russian Alaska. As late as 1939 there were over 2.000 Finns living in Alaska and their descendats live still there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.112.46 (talk) 19:35, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Finskoj Aljaskje / Finnish Alaska

message: I may be going back to Sitka soon, and I was wondering if any of the images need updating? moocowsrule 01:07, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures?

message: In Stephen Haycox' history, "Alaska, An American Colony" (University of Washington Press, 2002), the order of events is different from that given here, as follows:
"Baranov tried to lead the infantry assault with a few Russians and several hundred Aleuts but was beaten off, taking a bullet in the arm. Lisianskii then reduced the Native post with his ship's guns, and the Tlingit evacuated the site." (p. 98).
Given that the Battle of Sitka article in Wikipedia cites Lisianskii's log, I'm inclined to believe Wikipedia's order of events, but I thought I'd note this in case anyone thinks the discrepancy worth investigating. I agree with the suggestion that balancing the article with accounts from the Tlingit viewpoint would be a much more interesting contribution. Dominic Widdows (talk) 03:39, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Different Order of Events in Battle of Sitka

message: This is also stated on the page for Wasilla, which has a higher population. Should this line be deleted? Anoldtreeok (talk) 08:02, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: fourth largest city?

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message: is there any way we can get a clearer look at the demographics? I know the government usually separates " Black, White, Asian, Islander, & N. American" but the area has a strong Russian & apparently Finnish connexion & white isn't really specific.. or the congruent to Russian or Suomalaiset.
I agree, and what about the population spikes in 1940, 1960, and 1980; any explanations?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.183.224.2 (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: Once again, we're perhaps confusing actual notability with fleeting celebrity or fleeting news headlines.  Right off the top of my head, I can think of six former mayors of Sitka who were far more notable than Scott McAdams: John Dapcevich, John O'Connell, Ben Grussendorf, Dick Eliason, Rocky Gutierrez and Benjamin D. Stewart.  I didn't even take into consideration any of the 19th-century mayors under the "provisional city government."  McAdams didn't even have five minutes of fame, much less fifteen, once Lisa Murkowski announced her write-in campaign.  The hardcore Democrats in Alaska haven't abandoned McAdams, even though pretty much everyone else did.
There's also early American government officials who had more than a superficial association with Sitka, such as M. D. Ball, Sheldon Jackson and John G. Brady.  Various sources (which may be in conflict with other sources) state that Brady's ties to Sitka were the key factor for the delay in moving the capital to Juneau between the time that Congress passed the act of 1900 and the actual move took place six years later.RadioKAOS (talk) 21:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable mayors and other officials 

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