Tongass – Emmons I

Many Alaskans are completely unaware of the part Navy Lt. Goerge Thornton Emmons played in the state’s history. He collected thousand of Tlingit artifacts and was the one person who convinced President Theodore Roosevelt to create the forerunner of the Tongass National Forest.

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