Description: Ketchikan, ALASKA - Fishing Fleet: Ketchikan is a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the south easternmost city in Alaska. With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050, it is the sixth-most populous city in the state, and tenth-most populous community when census-designated places are included. The surrounding borough, encompassing suburbs both north and south of the city along the Tongass Highway (most of which are commonly regarded as a part of Ketchikan, albeit not a part of the city itself), plus small rural settlements accessible mostly by water, registered a population of 13,477 in that same census. Estimates put the 2014 population at 13,787 people. Incorporated on August 25, 1900, Ketchikan is the earliest extant incorporated city in Alaska, because consolidation or unification elsewhere in Alaska resulted in dissolution of those communities' city governments. Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo Island, so named in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver. Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town, emptying into the Tongass Narrows a short distance southeast of its downtown. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning of which is unclear. It may mean "the river belonging to Kitschk"; other accounts claim it means "Thundering Wings of an Eagle". In modern Tlingit this name is rendered as Kichx̱áan. Ketchikan Creek served as a summer fishing camp for Tlingit natives for untold years before the town was established by Mike Martin in 1885. The area near the mouth of Ketchikan Creek later earned Ketchikan a measure of infamy during the first half of the 20th century for a red-light district known as Creek Street, with brothels aligned on either side of the creek. Ketchikan's economy is based upon government services, tourism and commercial fishing. Civic boosters have dubbed the community the "Salmon Capital of the World." This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard is in good condition. C113.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
The Fishing Fleet: Masted
City/Region: Ketchikan
Occasion: Sayings & Quotes
Boats: Fishing
City: Ketchikan
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Island: Revillagigedo
Modified Item: No
Subject: Ketchikan Birdseye
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Continent: North America
Era: White Border (c. 1915-1930)
State: Alaska
Theme: Aerial View, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Hunting & Fishing, Landscapes, Nautical, Occupational, Transportation, US States, Cities & Towns, Fleet, Ships, Harbor, Salmon Capital of the World"
Region: Alaska
Country: United States
Features: Panoramic
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Posted
Ketchikan: AK
