'TELEPHONE HILL - City and Borough of Juneau

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TELEPHONE HILL EURO-AMERICANHISTORY mountain and continued up the side.' There were 40 saloons, gambling houses and houses of prostitution" (Anonymous 1973). In 1900 Juneau became an incorporated town and the new capital site for the di strict .government. By that time the town had undergone three name changes: Harrisburgh, Rockwell and Pilzburgh. Miners voted in 1881 to permanently rename the town Juneau, in honor of Joe Juneau. The mining district was named for Richard Harris. Despite disagreements on the name, the town became the center of gold quartz mining in a 100-mile region along the coast from' Windham Bay to Berner's Bay, its northern boundary. The gradual expansion from mining camp to mining town continued for 60 years after Juneau and Harris' initial gold discovery. Sound business decisions utilizing the area's natural resources are credited with Juneau's stable growth.' Gold prospectors consol idated adjoining properties and jointly developed hard rock mining. Continued consolidation of mineral mining and milling reduced production costs (Stone 1980). The Treadwell Mine on Douglas Island was the first gold mining company to prosper around 1890. The site, originally discovered by IIFrench Pete ll Erussand, was successfully developed under the ski 11 ed 1eadershi p of John Treadwell, a miner from the California gold fields. By 1915 the 960-stamp mill crushed 5,000 tons of ore daily, a world production record at that time. Two years later the operation shut down overnight after the mine caved in (Stone 1980). A second area of consolidated mining activities took place in Silver Bow Basin, site of Perseverance Mine and early pioneers' gold claims. Edward Webster, Richard Harris, George Harkrader, John McKinnon and .George Pilz held claims in the basin. Perseverance Mine, established in 1885, grew until the quality of retrievable ore dropped to an unprofitable level in 1921 (Stone 1980) . -18-
TELEPHONE HILL EURO-AMERICAN HISTORY The third area of mining development was the A-J Mine. The mine's ruins on the edge of town are a Juneau landmark. The A-J, incorporated in 1897, continued operations for nearly 50 years, closing in the 19405. Bart Thane, namesake to the settlement south of Juneau, managed the mine during its peak years. The company's decline began in the 1930s and accelerated when World War II depleted Juneau's labor pool. The closing of the A-J marked the end of Juneau's mining era. Juneau expanded its economic base to include fishing, timber, transportation, tourism and government support services, and the city grew despite mine closures. Today Juneau has a population of 25,000 and remains the -state capital. Signs of Juneau's early settlement remain, interspersed with the urban growth of Alaska's third largest city. -19-
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Page 5: ALASKA ARCHIVES RESOURCE AND RECORD
Page 9: TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 Pr
Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTION Tel ephone Hill, the r
Page 15 and 16: TELEPHONE HILL INTRODUCTION The app
Page 17 and 18: TELEPHONE HILL METHODOLOGY Heritage
Page 19: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION A surf
Page 23 and 24: NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY The earlies
Page 25 and 26: TELEPHONE HILL NATIVE AMERICAN HIST
Page 27: Juneau Indian Village. Circa 1900.
Page 30 and 31: TELEPHONE HILL EURO-AMERICAN HISTOR
Page 35: PLAT T r; E. i...:' \'\, I'. .) .!.
Page 39: II. SI'I'E ANDSTRllCTOREREPORl'S ~-
Page 42 and 43: TELEPHONE HILL TELEPHONE HILL SITE
Page 45 and 46: Second Juneau Courthouse. Circa 191
Page 47: TELEPHONE HILL .... .. . .. ~ .:.:
Page 53 and 54: PETERSON-KASNICK HOUSE The Peterson
Page 55: TELEPHONE HILL PETERSON-KASNICK HOU
Page 59: Peterson-Kasnick House. North Facad
Page 63 and 64: BOSCH-CARRIGAN HOliSE The Bosch-Car
Page 65: Bosch-Carrigan House (and Garage).
Page 69: ~-""-"'_-""1.. BAYLESS-POWERS HOUSE
Page 72 and 73: TELEPHONE HILL BAYLESS-POWERS HOUSE
Page 75: Bayless-Powers House. . East Facade
Page 79: EDWARD WEBSTER HOUSE 135-139 West S
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TELEPHONE HILL EDWARD WEBSTER HOUSE
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.---- Edward Webster House. East Fa
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MARTIN-JOHNSTON HOUSE 128 Dixon Str
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TELEPHONE HILL MARTIN-JOHNSTON HOUS
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WORTHEN-HURLEY HOUSE 125 Dixon Stre
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AUGUSTUS BROWN HOUSE The Augustus B
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TELEPHONE HILL ALEXANDER HOUSE fron
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Alexander House. North (Rear) and W
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PERCY REYNOLDS HOUSE 116 West First
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TELEPHONE HILL PERCY REYNOLDS HOUSE
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Percy Reynolds House. North (Rear)
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TELEPHONE HILL KODZOFF HOUSE The du
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Kodzoff House. North (Front) and We
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JUNEAU MOTOR COMPANY The Juneau Mot
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JUNEAU MOTOR COMPANY 11 Egan Drive
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•• IIa - Capital Motor Supply (
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JUNEAU-DOUGLAS TELEPHONE COMPANY 20
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TELEPHONE HILL ENGSTROM BUILDING by
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III. ~~ FINDINGS~OF SIGNIFICANCE ..
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TELEPHONE HILL and miners establish
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Juneau and Douglas Telephone Compan
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TELEPHONE HILL FINDINGS windows are
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION - FIND
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SOURCES I. BIBLIOGRAPHY Alaska Hist
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TELEPHONE HILL SOURCES Ebner, W.M.
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TELEPHONE HILL SOURCES Porter; Rob~
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V • APPENDIX. / / .\.L. :
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NAME Juneau Motor Company Kodzoff H
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