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History · St. Michael

A history of St. Michael,
since 1833

Postcards, papers and photographs of St. Michael from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

1833established
6old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos
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The story

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Redoubt St. Michael was founded in 1833 by traders of the Russian-American Company, as a trading post for trade with the Yup'ik people of the area. The trading settlement and the island were named after the archangel Michael.

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Timeline

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1833Established
c. 1843StMichaelRedoubtCommons
1879St. Michael, Alaska in August 1879Commons
1882New-racket-steamerCommons
1890s3 items · FMIB 45400 MichaelovskyCommons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish St. Michael’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Michael, Alaska in August 1879, 1879: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

St. Michael, decade by decade

1840s1 item
StMichaelRedoubtCommonsStMichaelRedoubtc. 1843
1870s1 item
St. Michael, Alaska in August 1879CommonsSt. Michael, Alaska in August 18791879
1880s1 item
New-racket-steamerCommonsNew-racket-steamer1882
1890s3 items
FMIB 45400 MichaelovskyCommonsFMIB 45400 Michaelovsky1897Saint Michael, looking toward the waterfront with ships at anchor, 1897CommonsSaint Michael, looking toward the waterfront with ships at …1897Group of men in front of a hotel, Fort Get-There, Saint Michael, Alaska, June 20, 1898CommonsGroup of men in front of a hotel, Fort Get-There, Saint Mic…1898
1900s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in St. Michael

1 place in St. Michael is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#35
In Alaskaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
3historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1977first listedFort St. Michael

Where they are

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Fort St. Michael
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Fort St. MichaelListed 1977Fort St. MichaelBuildingMilitary
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as StMichaelRedoubt (c. 1843) and it appears here side by side.

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