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February 21, 2017

Sitka may restore 1804 battlefield

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Sitka National Historical Park in southeast Alaska is looking to get the public's support to move forward with a project to restore an area of the park that was the site of a battlefield more than 200 years ago.

The Sitka Sentinel reports the 1804 Tlingit-Russian battlefield on a peninsula near the mouth of Indian River has since been overgrown with trees and shrubs. The national park is now looking to clear out the brush to give visitors a better view of the water from the historic site.


 
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