Mount Katmai erupted on June 6, 1912, permanently displacing many local native people. One month after the eruption, 78 of the Katmai refugees boarded the U.S. revenue cutter Manning to return to the Alaska Peninsula and establish a new village. After a failed first village site selection, the natives were relocated yet again to a spot southwest of Mt. Katmai. The new settlement was named Perry, and later became known as Perryville, for K.W. Perry, captain of the Manning.