Saxman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Saxman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSaxman (Lingít: T’èesh Ḵwáan Xagu) is a town on Revillagigedo Island in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in southeastern Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Saxman had a population of 384. Saxman is the headquarters of the Organized Village of Saxman, a federally recognized tribe of Tlingit Native Americans. The city of Ketchikan lies just to its northwest.
Saxman was established in 1930. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 411 to 384 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Saxman yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Saxman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saxman’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewChief Kashakes totem pole, Saxman…, c. 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Saxman, decade by decade
1990s
unknown4 items
2 historic places in Saxman
2 places in Saxman 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 Chief Kashakes totem pole, Saxman, Alaska, between 1905 and 1915 (c. 1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.