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| Keywords: Russian Orthodox Church, probably Port Heiden, ca 1912 (THWAITES 118).jpeg Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Native Russian Church Alaska PH Coll 247 185<br/>Port Heiden is 499 miles southwest of Anchorage at the mouth of the Meshik River on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula The old village of Meshik was located at the current site of Port Heiden Influenza epidemics during the early 1900s forced residents to relocate to other villages During World War II Fort Morrow was built and 5 000 personnel were stationed at the base A school was established in the early 1950s and more people from surrounding villages moved to Port Heiden Port Heiden is a traditional Aleut community with a commercial fishing and subsistence lifestyle Subjects LCTGM Orthodox churches--Alaska; Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Facilities--Alaska Subjects LCSH Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Alaska; Church bells--Alaska; Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America depicted place Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 118 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW100 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska Church bells Chapels in Alaska | ||||
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