The Alaska Socialist

The Alaska Socialist was an American semi-monthly newspaper published in Fairbanks, Alaska. After moving to Alaska following a scandal, Lena Morrow Lewis established the paper in 1913. Its first issue was published on September 29, 1913, and was associated with the Socialist Party of America. In April 1914, following elections in Fairbanks, a man named Andrew Knowles seized editorship over The Alaska Socialist from Lewis, cut ties with the Socialist Party, and began heavily criticizing Lewis. Under Knowles, the paper also feuded with publisher George Hinton Henry, who accused Knowles of falsifying stories and personally attacking Lewis. In November 1914, Bion Dodge became editor of the paper, and in February 1915, it published its final issue.