apr 17, 1900 - Beginning of Commercial Salmon Canning
Description:
It was not until eleven years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia that the first cannery was built at Klawock by the North Pacific Trading and Packing Co. in 1878. It was operated until 1929 when Libby, McNeill & Libby bought it, operated it in 1929-30 and then closed it permanently.Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 17, 1900
Now
~ 125 years ago