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Eagle, Alaska

In 1903 Judge James Wickersham moved the Third Division court from Eagle to Fairbanks.

James Wickersham

He was instrumental in the passage of the Organic Act of 1912, which granted Alaska territorial status, introduced the Alaska Railroad Bill, legislation to establish McKinley Park, and the first Alaska Statehood Bill in 1916.

Richard H. Geoghegan

Meanwhile he unsuccessfully sought a position as professor of Chinese language at the University of Washington in Seattle, and the early days of 1903 he accepted an invitation by the well-known judge James Wickersham to come to Alaska as a court stenographer.

Wickersham House

Wickersham House may refer to any of the following residences of James Wickersham.

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