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Benny Benson
John Ben Benson Jr. (September 12, 1912 – July 2, 1972) was an Alaska Natives, Alaska Native best known for designing the flag of Alaska. Benson was 14 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory of Alaska, which Alaska Statehood Act, became a U.S. state on January 3, 1959. Life Early life Benson was born in Chignik, Alaska, on September 12, 1912. He was a Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska, Qawalangin (Fox Islander) Unangan born to a Swedish Americans, Swedish-American father, John Ben "Benny" Benson Sr., and Aleut-Russian mother, Tatiana Ioannovna Dediukhina, from a village near Unalaska, Alaska, Unalaska. When he was three years old, his mother died, forcing his father to send him and his brother Carl to an orphanage, as Benson's father could not take care of them. Benson grew up at the Jesse Lee Home for Children in Unalaska, Alaska, Unalaska and later in Seward, Alaska, Seward. Fox Farm After graduating from school in 1932, Benson left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chignik, Alaska
Chignik (Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2020 census the population was 97, up from 91 in 2010. History On April 17, 1911, a gale blew ashore numerous ships such as the '' Benjamin F. Packard'', the ''Star of Alaska'', and the ''Jabez Howes'', a three-masted, full-rigged ship owned by the Columbia River Packers Association and used as a cannery tender. Geography Chignik is located at (56.298297, −158.404402). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of it is land and is water. Demographics Chignik first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village, although it was preceded by "Chignik Bay", which may have included the village and canneries in the surrounding area, including Chignik Lagoon. Chignik Bay reported a population of 193 in 1890 (which was majority Asian (121), with 66 White residents, 5 Native Alaskan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |