Day: September 6, 2026

On Thursday, just before 3 pm, Alaska Wildlife Troopers (AWT) observed a white pickup truck in the ditch near the intersection of Swanson River Road and Jacobson Avenue. Troopers contacted

General Jefferson C. Davis. Image-National Park Service On September 6, 1867, Union Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis-not the Confederate president Jefferson Davis-was appointed the first commander of U.S. military forces