Teller (Alaska)
02-75930
Teller is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. In 2000, the population was 268 The village lies on the southern half of the spit called the Nook, which separates Port Clarence and Grantley Harbor. Plate is located 116 km northwest of Nome on the Seward Peninsula.
History
The Inupiat had the early 19th century a fishing camp called Nook 32 km south of Belleville. Frederick William Beechey's expedition from 1825 to 1828 took place on September 1, 1827 at the site of present-day plate three camps with a total of about 400 inhabitants and a winter camp and a cemetery.
1866/67 spent a Western Union expedition to winter in today's dish, they called the place " Libbyville " or " Libby Station". When the United States introduced the reindeer in Alaska, there were 1892 to 1900 a reindeer station. This station was named in 1892 by Sheldon Jackson after Senator Henry Moore Teller.
The village dish itself was founded in 1900 after the Bluestone Placer Mine was discovered 25 km south. In the early years of plate had a population of about 5000 people and was an important trading center. Native from Diomede, Wales, Mary's Igloo and King Iceland came here to trade.
The airship Norge landed here after the first successful flight over the North Pole in 1926.
Today is a dish Inupiatdorf, whose inhabitants are from fishing and hunting dependent.
- Location in Alaska
- Location in North America
- Nome Census Area