Totem pole. Alaska Indian Arts skill center, Fort Seward National Historic Landmark, Haines, Alaska, USA.

A totem pole in the Alaska Indian Arts skill center, in Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, at Port Chilkoot, in Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, Fort Seward (1902-1945) was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.

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A totem pole in the Alaska Indian Arts skill center, in Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, at Port Chilkoot, in Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, Fort Seward (1902-1945) was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.