Angoon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Angoon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Admiralty Island has long been the home of the Kootznoowoo Tlingit people (Tlingit: Xootsnoowú Ḵwáan), who are enrolled in the Angoon Community Association. Kootznoowoo means "fortress of brown bears", literally xoots-noow-ú "brown.bear-fortress-possessive". Angoon has a less-rainy climate than most of southeastern Alaska and was valued by the Tlingit for that reason.
During the Russian period in Alaska, from the 18th century to the mid-19th century, maritime fur trading was a major economic activity in the area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Angoon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Angoon’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewKillisnoo Salmon Exchange, ca. 18…, 1890s: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Angoon, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Angoon
2 places in Angoon are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Killisnoo Salmon Exchange, ca. 1890s-1910s (1890s) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.