John Hajdukovich, born as Jovan Hajduković, (1879-1965) was a Montenegrin American pioneer in Alaska, who ran several trading posts around Big Delta and was a member of the Alaska Game Commission. He immigrated to Alaska in 1903 and worked as a miner, trapper, and guide. In 1906 Hajdukovich bought the roadhouse in Big Delta and enlarged it, and later sold it to Rika Wallen, who worked for him. In 1928 his observations and experience in the Big Delta country was the basis for the relocation of the bison herd from

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

that lives there."Obituary for John Hajdukovich." Alaska Sportsman nchorageNov. 1965: n. pag. Print.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hajdukovich, John 1879 births 1965 deaths Businesspeople from Alaska American hunters Emigrants from the Principality of Montenegro to the United States