 The first Russian-American Company fur trading post on the Yukon River was established here in 1837.The settlement was recorded as a Cup'ik village called "Ikogmiut," meaning "people of the point," in 1842 by the Imperial Russian Navy explorer Lavrenty Zagoskin.The first Russian Orthodox mission in Interior Alaska was established here in 1851 by the Alutiiq priest Jacob Netzuetov.