History
Castle Hill in Sitka, Alaska, has long been important because its rocky summit overlooks the harbor and town. It was first occupied by families of the Kiksadi clan of the Tlingit, then became the focus of Russian expansion after Alexander Baranov seized it in 1804 following the Battle of Sitka. From 1806 to 1867, it served as the center of Russian colonial administration, later continuing as an administrative site under the United States after the Alaska Purchase. Best known as the place where Russian Alaska was formally transferred to the United States in 1867, it also became a symbolic statehood site in 1959.
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Sitka, Alaska · United States
