Editing Kenai, Alaska (section)

=== United States ===
[[File:Kenai Church.JPG|left|thumb|Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church]]
In 1869, after the [[Alaska Purchase]], the United States Army established a post called Fort Kenay. It was soon abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Kenai.htm|title=The History of Kenai, Alaska}}</ref>

In 1895–96, the [[Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church|Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church]] was built in the village.<ref>{{cite web|title=Holy Assumption Orthodox Church|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/nhl/russian-america/sec4.htm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> It is still in use today.

The establishment of shipping companies in the early 1900s broadened Kenai into a port city. Canning companies were established and helped fuel the commercial fishing boom that was the primary activity through the 1920s.

In 1940, [[Homestead Act|homesteads]] were opened in the area. The first dirt road from [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] was constructed in 1951; pavement would not arrive until 1956 with the construction of the [[Kenai Spur Highway]].

A military base, Wildwood Army Station (later Wildwood Air Force Station), was established in 1953, and served as a major communications post. Wildwood was conveyed in 1974 to the Kenai Native Association in partial settlement of [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act|Alaska Native land claims]]. The facility was leased and later purchased by the State of Alaska and presently serves as the [[Wildwood Correctional Complex]].<ref>Welker, Randy S. (July 9, 1993). [http://www.legaudit.state.ak.us/pages/audits/1993/pdf/4471.pdf ''Department of Corrections: Wildwood Correctional Center Acquisition''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221150608/http://www.legaudit.state.ak.us/pages/audits/1993/pdf/4471.pdf |date=February 21, 2007 }} [http://www.legaudit.state.ak.us/ Alaska Division of Legislative Audit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206004617/http://www.legaudit.state.ak.us/ |date=February 6, 2007 }}. Audit control no. 20-4471-93. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.</ref><ref>Alaska Department of Corrections. [http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/wwcc/ Wildwood Correctional Complex] (official site). Retrieved on March 12, 2007.</ref>