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| Keywords: Juneau, bird's-eye view , ca 1912 (THWAITES 192).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Juneau Alaska PH Coll 247 430<br/>Located on the mainland of Southeast Alaska Juneau was built at the heart of the Inside Passage along the Gastineau Channel The area was a fish camp for the indigenous Tlingit Indians In 1880 nearly 20 years before the gold rushes to the Klondike and Nome Joe Juneau and Richard Harris were led to Gold Creek by Chief Kowee of the Auk Tribe They found mother lode deposits upstream staked their mining claims and developed a 160 acre incorporated city they called Harrisburg which brought many prospectors to the area The City of Juneau was formed in 1900 The state capital was transferred from Sitka to Juneau in 1906 while Alaska was a U S Territory The Treadwell and Ready Bullion mines across the channel on Douglas Island became world-scale mines operating from 1882 to 1917 In 1916 the Alaska-Juneau gold mine was built on the mainland and became the largest operation of its kind in the world In 1917 a cave-in and flood closed the Treadwell mine on Douglas It produced 66 million in gold in its 35 years of operation Fishing canneries transportation and trading services and a sawmill contributed to Juneau's growth through the early 1900s A federally recognized tribe is located in the community -- the Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; Douglas Indian Association; Aukquan Traditional Council not recognized Juneau has a Tlingit history with a strong historical influence from the early prospectors and boom town that grew around full-scale gold mining operations Subjects LCTGM Juneau Alaska ; Cities and towns--Alaska; Gastineau Channel Alaska ; Waterfronts--Alaska--Juneau; Piers wharves--Alaska--Juneau; Bird's-eye view prints depicted place Juneau Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 192 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW221 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Juneau Alaska Waterfronts | ||||
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