The Eagle Historic District is a historic area in Eagle, Alaska chronicling the development of the northern region of the state. It is composed of more than 100 buildings, including a Federal courthouse that was constructed using the fines collected from the ?rowdy inhabitants?.
The Eagle Historic District centers on Fort Egbert, which was built in 1889, around the same time when the Klondike Gold Rush took place. It took the initiative of serving as a central government for the area.
The Eagle Historic District is also noted for being the home of the first station in the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System or WAMCATS. This is where the historic event of Roald Amundsen telegraphed about the Northwest Passage?s completion to the world in 1905.
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