The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A Russian fort, Redoubt St. Michael, was built at nearby St. Michael by the Russian-American Company in 1833. The name Stebbins was first recorded in 1900; the Yupik name for the village is Tapraq. The first census in the area, in 1950, listed 80 Yupiks residing in Stebbins. The city was incorporated in 1969.
The Stebbins economy depends on commercial fishing, for herring and other fish, and subsistence fishing, gardening and hunting, supplemented by part-time wage earnings. Hunting is for seal, walrus, caribou, and beluga whale. The city government, medical clinic and school of about 200 students provide the only full-time positions.
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2000
Nothing in Stebbins is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stebbins has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort St. Michael in St. Michael, 6.8 miles away.
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When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.