Juneau from the water
On verso of image: Juneau, Alaska. C. Forward Filed in Alaska--Cities/Locations--Juneau Tlingit and Haida Indians were the sole human residents in what is now the Juneau area until 1880, when two vagabond prospectors named Joe Juneau and Dick Harris hacked their way through the thick rain forest aro...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/236 2023-05-15T16:32:30+02:00 Juneau from the water University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Juneau Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/236 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0240 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/236 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Alaska Photograph Collection Harbors--Alaska--Juneau Waterfronts--Alaska--Juneau Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:48Z On verso of image: Juneau, Alaska. C. Forward Filed in Alaska--Cities/Locations--Juneau Tlingit and Haida Indians were the sole human residents in what is now the Juneau area until 1880, when two vagabond prospectors named Joe Juneau and Dick Harris hacked their way through the thick rain forest around Gastineau Channel to Snow Slide Gulch, at the head of Gold Creek. Their efforts, aided by a Sitka mining engineer who received tips from Chief Kowee of a Tlingit tribe, were well-rewarded: at journey's end were 'little lumps as large as peas and beans.' There was gold in thar pots. The dynamic duo staked out a site and almost instantly a mining camp appeared. Within a year the camp became a small town, the first to be founded after Alaska's purchase from the Russians. The town was first called Harrisburg and then Rockwell, then in 1881 the miners officially decided on Juneau.After Sitka lost some importance with the lagging whaling and fur trade, Juneau became Alaska's new capital in 1906.[Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/juneau/history.htm] Other/Unknown Material haida tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Gulch ENVELOPE(-61.483,-61.483,-63.997,-63.997) |
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On verso of image: Juneau, Alaska. C. Forward Filed in Alaska--Cities/Locations--Juneau Tlingit and Haida Indians were the sole human residents in what is now the Juneau area until 1880, when two vagabond prospectors named Joe Juneau and Dick Harris hacked their way through the thick rain forest around Gastineau Channel to Snow Slide Gulch, at the head of Gold Creek. Their efforts, aided by a Sitka mining engineer who received tips from Chief Kowee of a Tlingit tribe, were well-rewarded: at journey's end were 'little lumps as large as peas and beans.' There was gold in thar pots. The dynamic duo staked out a site and almost instantly a mining camp appeared. Within a year the camp became a small town, the first to be founded after Alaska's purchase from the Russians. The town was first called Harrisburg and then Rockwell, then in 1881 the miners officially decided on Juneau.After Sitka lost some importance with the lagging whaling and fur trade, Juneau became Alaska's new capital in 1906.[Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/juneau/history.htm] |
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