Katalla, Alaska

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Katalla (pronounced KA-tell-ah) is an abandoned town in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, 76 km (47 miles) southeast of Cordova. The name of this town was sometimes spelled Catalla.

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[edit] Geography

Location of Cordova, Alaska

Katalla is located within the Chugach National Forest near Controller Bay and the Bering River at 60°12′N 145°32′W1.

[edit] History

Katalla was at the center of the now-abandoned Katalla oil field. This was the first discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Alaska (1902). It reportedly had a population of 5,000 in 1908.

The oil and gas extraction rights for the Katalla area were granted to the Chugach Alaska Corporation by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

[edit] Further reading

  • Jessup, David Eric. "The Rise and Fall of Katalla: 'The Coming Metropolis of Alaska'," Alaska History, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2005.

[edit] External Links

The Katalla and Controller Bay Alaska Project at http://katallaproject.tripod.com/

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