The octagon-shaped building was built in , making it the oldest church in the Southeast and has exhibits of Russian icons, original vestments and religious relics. The City and Borough of Juneau is over 3, square miles! Mendenhall Glacier flows 12 miles from its source, the Juneau Ice Field, and has a 1.
On a cloudy afternoon it can be even more impressive, as the ice turns shades of deep blue. Remember Southeast Alaska is a rainforest. With high annual rainfall and mild temperatures. Value-priced, and the best quality tours at substantially lower rates than what is available aboard the cruise ships.
On October 18, they staked a acre town site on the beach where, the following month, they were joined by the first boatloads of prospectors bound for the new strike on Gastineau Channel.
The stampede was on. The discovery was the first that resulted in the founding of an Alaskan town. Juneau grew from a boomtown to a center for large-scale hard-rock mining when the loose gold in the stream beds ran out. On the mainland side of the Channel, two great mills were created: the Alaska-Juneau at the south end of Juneau and the Alaska-Gastineau at Thane, farther south. Treadwell production peaked in Two years later, a cave-in flooded three of the four mines, effectively ending the Treadwell era.
In Juneau, the Alaska-Gastineau folded from high costs in A-J was halted by the war in Today, federal, state and local government employs one out of every two Juneau workers.
Tourism is the largest private employer and continues to grow. In the transition from territory to statehood and in accordance with provisions of the Session Laws of the State of Alaska the City of Juneau was established as a home-rule city in October Contact Information: Mailing Address: S.
Seward St. History of Juneau. The Founding Of Juneau. Chief Kowee, of the Auk Tlingit tribe, soon appeared with samples of ore from Cold Creek which today flows through the city of Juneau via the Gastineau Channel , and Kowee enticed and led seasoned prospectors Joseph Juneau and Richard T. Harris to make inquiries.
After exchanging much of their grubstake rations for grog alcohol , the prospectors returned to Sitka with the disheartening news that the deposits found were insignificant. At the persuasion of Chief Kowee, Pilz sent the trio back to the Juneau area. The mother lode! On 18 October , Juneau and Harris staked a acre town site on the beach where a mining camp was established.
A year later, boatloads of prospectors had arrived, bound for gold. The camp flourished into a small town, which was the first town to be founded after the procurement of Alaska.
The rich Gastineau Channel aquatic life provided them with endless supplies of salmon, halibut, and other fish. Their diet also included wapato , berries, and seeds that are found in the area. The Tlingit built shelters along the coast in such a way that the entrances were always facing the sea. And each house had a Totem Pole placed in front of it. Tlingit society has always been multi-layered, involving various social classes, kin ties, and territorial units.
The Tlingit were eighteen great families, with the name of an animal, such as a wolf, bear, eagle, beaver, whale and other animals. The totem poles signified the origins of the family living inside the house.
Interestingly, members of the tribe used to marry a person with a different family totem. The Juneau area became a major trading center between the Tlingit people and neighbouring tribes such as Tsimshian and Haida. And the local culture kept blooming until the first encounters with European colonists. Further reading: The Tlingit Culture. In the 17th century, the Russian Empire embarked on a mission to explore any possible connections between Siberia and America.
Round, wooden Russian Orthodox Church in Juneau, The church is still there and in excellent condition. Starting with , Russian America has been established, with the capital in Novo-Archangelsk, which today is Sitka.
Although Russian colonies populated the area for over years, they never really settled. At the time, the Russians had no knowledge of the gold mines that were yet to be discovered in Alaska not to mention the oil.
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