Editing Nulato, Alaska (section)

== History ==
[[File:Woodyard and Nulato, Alaska circa 1908.jpg|thumb|left|Woodyard and Nulato, Alaska circa 1908]]
Nulato was a location for trade between the [[Koyukon people]] and [[Inupiat people]] of the [[Kobuk River]] area before the arrival of Europeans.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

In 1838, the Russian explorer Malakov established a trading post in Nulato.<ref name="ReferenceA">National Geographic, The Making of America, Alaska, (map), Wilbur E. Garrett, Editor, John B. Garver Jr., Chief Cartographer, John F. Shupe, Associate Chief, January 1984</ref>

The Kokukuk River people massacred a large part of the population of Nulato on February 16, 1851, during the [[Athapaskan uprising]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

After the [[Alaska Purchase]], a United States military telegraph line was constructed along the north side of the Yukon River. The gold rush along the Yukon River that began in 1884 brought many new diseases to the area and many people died. Our Lady of Snows [[Roman Catholic]] mission and school were opened in 1887 and many people moved to Nulato to be near the school. A measles epidemic and food shortages during 1900 reduced the population of the area by one-third. 1900 was also the peak year for steamboat travel on the Yukon River, with 46 boats in operation. That summer, two boats per day stopped at Nulato to purchase firewood.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

Gold prospectors left the Yukon River area for [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] and [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] in 1906. Lead mining began around neighboring Galena in 1919.<ref name="lead">{{cite web|url=https://alaska.guide/City/Galena|title=Alaska Guide - Galena|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

Nulato incorporated as a city in 1963. In 1981, housing was built at a new townsite {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} from present Nulato.<ref name="housing">{{cite web|url=http://www.ganaayoo.com/about-gsc/nulato/|title=Native Heritage & Russian Roots - Nulato|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>