Primary Name: Northrup, Willard

Filed as: Northrup, Willard

Also known as: Willard Northrop

Occupation / Association: Prospector; steam engineer; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Wrangell, Alaska; Cassiar District, British Columbia; Sitka, Alaska; Sitka Hot Springs, Alaska; Taku River, Alaska; Windham Bay, Alaska; Berners Bay, Alaska; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Lituya Bay, Alaska; Yakutat, Alaska; Yukon Territory; Dawson, Yukon

Keywords: Willard Northrup, Willard Northrop, Juneau pioneers, Pioneers of Alaska charter members, early Alaska prospectors, Cassiar mining district, Wrangell Alaska miners, Sitka Hot Springs miners, Taku River exploration, Windham Bay prospectors, Berners Bay mining history, Glacier Bay prospecting, Lituya Bay beach placers, Yakutat beach placers, Klondike Gold Rush miners, Dawson Yukon miners, Alaska territorial prospectors

Biography

Willard Northrup was an early Alaska prospector and a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo. Born in 1850 in New York State, he came north during the early mining era of Alaska and British Columbia.

Northrup first traveled to Wrangell in 1877 and from there went into the Cassiar mining district. In the fall of 1879, he moved to Sitka, where he spent the winter at Sitka Hot Springs along with seventeen other Cassiar miners.

In the U.S. Navy census of April 1880, Northrup was listed as an American citizen, age thirty. During the summer of that year, he was prospecting throughout Southeastern Alaska and may have been the man sent by George Pilz to explore the Taku River region.

By 1881, Northrup was in Juneau, though he did not stake claims in the immediate area. Instead, he used Juneau as a base while prospecting throughout the region, including Windham Bay, Berners Bay, and the Glacier Bay country.

Beginning in 1887, he was among the first miners to work the beach placers along the Gulf of Alaska coast between Lituya Bay and Yakutat.

In 1892, Northrup traveled to the Yukon, and by 1895, he was briefly back in Juneau while en route to the Interior again. He was reported to have been among the earliest miners to reach Dawson following the Klondike gold discovery and apparently did well there.

In addition to prospecting, Northrup also worked as a steam engineer during his years in the North.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch.

Primary Name: Ohman, Oscar

Filed as: Ohman, Oscar

Also known as: Oscar Ohman

Occupation / Association: Saloon keeper; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Sweden

Keywords: Oscar Ohman Douglas Alaska, Oscar Ohman Juneau pioneers, Swedish immigrants Alaska, Douglas Alaska saloon keepers, Pioneers of Alaska charter members, early Douglas Alaska businesses

Biography

Oscar Ohman was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo.

He was born in Sweden in April of 1859. Ohman immigrated to the United States in 1879 and came to Alaska the same year during the early years of the territory’s mining development.

By 1900, he was living in Douglas, Alaska, where he worked as a saloon keeper serving the growing mining community across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau.

Sources

1900 U.S. Federal Population Census.

Primary Name: Choy, Joe Ching

Filed as: choy_joe_ching

Also known as: China Joe; Joe the Baker; As Hie; Chew Chung Thui; Hi Chung; Lee Hing; Ting Tu Wee; Chung Thui

Occupation / Association: Baker; Merchant; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo; Member, '87 Alaska Pioneers Association

Born: 1834, China

Died: 1917, Juneau, Alaska

Parents:

Spouse:

Children:

Associated places: China; Victoria, British Columbia; Boise, Idaho; Dease Lake, British Columbia; Wrangell, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Joe Ching Choy, China Joe, Joe the Baker, Choy Joe Ching, Juneau bakery pioneer

Biography

Joe Ching Choy (1834–1917), known to most as “China Joe” or “Joe the Baker,” was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.

His Chinese name is not recorded consistently and appears in various historical sources as As Hie in Juneau in 1881, Chew Chung Thui, Hi Chung in Juneau newspapers of 1892 and 1894, and Lee Hing upon joining the “87” Alaska Pioneers Association. He also appears as Ting Tu Wee or Chung Thui when registering under the Chinese Registration Act of 1899, and as Joe Ching Choy when joining the Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6.

Joe immigrated from China to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1864. Later that same year, he moved to a mining camp in Boise, Idaho.

In 1874, he followed the gold rush back to British Columbia and established a bakery and general store around Dease Lake. He became known for fair prices, particularly around 1875 when the Stikine River froze and created a severe food shortage in the Yukon. Joe possessed the only supply of flour.

Rather than take advantage of the situation for profit, he rationed his flour to the miners according to their needs, asking only that he be repaid when the shortage ended.

In 1879, Joe moved to Wrangell, where he purchased the abandoned steam liner Hope and converted its hull into a restaurant and bakery while renting out the staterooms. The business prospered for about a year until Wrangell began to decline. Joe then moved to Sitka, where he operated another bakery.

He arrived in Juneau, then known as Rockwell, in 1881. There, he purchased half of a town lot at the corner of Third Street and Main Street for $60 and opened a bakery where he lived and worked for the next thirty-six years.

In May 1882, the United States government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The persecution and violence that followed drove many Chinese people from towns and cities across America.

Anti-Chinese sentiment reached a boiling point in Juneau on August 6, 1886. On that day, all Chinese residents were rounded up at gunpoint and placed aboard two schooners to be sent south. When the mob came for Joe, however, they found his bakery surrounded by armed men whose lives he had saved during the Cassiar food shortage. Those men stood guard with loaded rifles, and Joe remained.

He became the only person of Chinese descent allowed to remain in Juneau and eventually one of the town’s leading citizens. Joe later became a charter member of the “87” Alaska Pioneers Association and the Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6.

Joe Ching Choy died of heart failure in 1917 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau, Alaska.

Sources

Wikipedia; Mark Whitman, 2011; Alaska Digital Archives ASL-P297-118

Joe Ching Choy China Joe Joe the Baker As Hie Chew Chung Thui Hi Chung Lee Hing Ting Tu Wee Chung Thui

Tags: Joe Ching Choy, China Joe, Joe the Baker, Juneau Men's Igloo, Alaska Chinese pioneers, Juneau Alaska pioneers

Orme, Robert

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Robert Orme was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

He was born in January 1855 in England. Orme immigrated to the United States in 1868.

In September 1880, he came to Alaska during the early years of American settlement in the territory. Like many early arrivals along the Inside Passage, he worked as both a seaman and a longshoreman, occupations essential to the maritime supply networks that supported Alaska’s developing mining communities.

Through his work along the waterfront and his early arrival in the territory, Orme was part of the generation of pioneers who helped establish the economic and transportation foundations of Southeast Alaska.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
• 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census

Otterson, Charles

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Charles Otterson was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

He was born in June 1862 in Norway. Otterson immigrated to the United States in 1876.

He came to Alaska in 1900, where he worked as a rigger. Rigging work was an essential occupation in Southeast Alaska’s maritime and mining economy, supporting ships, docks, and heavy industrial operations tied to the region’s developing communities.

Otterson lived in Juneau during the territorial period and remained part of the community for many years.

He died on March 29, 1955, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau on June 1, 1955.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census

Overman, Evan "Jack"

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Evan "Jack" Overman was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

He was born in August 1849 in Iowa.

Overman came to Alaska in June of 1884 and settled in Juneau in 1887 during the early years of the territory's mining development.

By 1900, he was living in Circle City, where he worked as a miner during the height of Interior Alaska’s gold mining activity. He later returned to Juneau and worked as a miner for the Alaska Juneau Mining Company, one of the largest gold mining operations in Alaska.

In his later years, Overman purchased property near Tenakee, Alaska, where he resided for a time.

He died on February 2, 1931, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Federal Population Census
• 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census
• Daily Alaska Empire, February 3, 1931

Pearce, G. J.

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo

Role: Charter Member

Biography

G. J. Pearce was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. As one of the early members of the organization, he was recognized among the pioneers who participated in the early settlement and development of Alaska.

The Pioneers of Alaska was established to preserve the history and fellowship of Alaska’s early residents. The Juneau Men's Igloo was among the earliest lodges formed to bring together those who had participated in the development of the territory.

Sources

• Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo charter membership records

Primary Name: Peterson, John G.

Filed as: Peterson, John G.

Also known as: John G. Peterson

Occupation / Association: Miner; tinsmith; hardware merchant; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo

Associated places: Hamburg, Germany; New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Juneau, Alaska; Tee Harbor, Alaska; Peterson Lake, Alaska

Keywords: John G Peterson, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Peterson Lake Juneau, Cheechako Creek mining claims, Prairie Basin Alaska, Juneau prospectors, Tee Harbor mining history

Biography

John G. Peterson was an early Juneau businessman, miner, and charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo.

He was born near Hamburg, Germany, on October 7, 1861. Peterson was educated in German schools and trained as a tinsmith. In 1881, he immigrated to the United States, where he worked at his trade in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. He later enlisted in the United States Army and served for five years, much of that time in Indian Territory.

Peterson arrived in Juneau, Alaska, in April 1888 and purchased a small shop. For the next thirteen years, he operated a tin, stove, and hardware store while devoting his spare time to prospecting.  In 1893, Peterson returned to Hamburg and married Marie Jensen. The couple later returned to Juneau.

In April 1899, Peterson staked a placer claim on the creek that later bore his name. He originally called it Cheechako Creek, naming one tributary Goose Creek and the surrounding valley Prairie Basin. Later mining records referred to the lake in the basin as Reservoir Lake, but by 1905, it had become known as Peterson Lake.

Peterson eventually sold his hardware store to devote his full attention to mining. His principal lode claim was located about half a mile east of the lake and was first reached by trail from Tee Harbor. He later built a home at Pearl Harbor and constructed a wagon road from there to the mine, where he installed a three-stamp mill.

He operated the mine until shortly before his death on August 20, 1916. Afterward, the mine continued to operate for several years under the management of his wife, Marie Peterson, and their daughters, Irma Peterson and Margaret Peterson.

The present Peterson Lake Trail follows the route of Peterson’s old wagon road, leaving Glacier Highway at Mile 24. Peterson Lake lies on the mainland approximately sixteen miles northwest of Juneau and about one mile from tidewater at Tee Harbor.

Sources

RootsWeb Juneau historical records

Primary Name: Pond, Edwin Percy

Filed as: Pond, Edwin Percy

Also known as: Percy Pond; Edwin P. Pond

Occupation / Association: Photographer; Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; co-owner, Winter & Pond Photographers

Associated places: California; Portland, Oregon; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Edwin Percy Pond, Percy Pond photographer, Winter and Pond Photographers Juneau, Lloyd Valentine Winter, Juneau pioneer photographers, Alaska historical photography, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member

Biography

Edwin Percy Pond was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo, and one of the earliest professional photographers in Juneau.

Pond was born in May 1872 in California, according to the 1900 Juneau Federal Census, although some accounts suggest he may have been born in Portland, Oregon, and moved to California at an early age.

With his friend Lloyd Winter, he operated one of the pioneer businesses of Juneau, Winter and Pond Photographers. Their friendship began in California during their youth in the pioneer era.

The two young men were in Alaska during the gold rush period and established their photography shop in Juneau in 1893. The business operated continuously from that time, and their partnership became one of the longest-standing business partnerships in Alaska.

Together, they created an extensive photographic record of Alaska’s early years. Their images of communities, miners, Native peoples, and daily life in Southeast Alaska are today considered invaluable historical documents.

Edwin Percy Pond died at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau on June 1, 1943, at the age of seventy-one.

Alaska Daily Empire, June 2, 1943

Primary Name: Potts, Joseph

Filed as: Potts, Joseph

Also known as: Joseph Potts

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Germany

Keywords: Joseph Potts Douglas Alaska, Potts family Douglas Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, Douglas Alaska old timers, early Douglas Alaska residents

Biography

Joseph Potts was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo.

A native of Germany, Potts was an early resident of Douglas, Alaska, and was regarded as one of the community’s old timers.

He died on May 24, 1916, of consumption at about sixty years of age. Potts was unmarried at the time of his death.

Sources

Daily Alaska Empire, May 25, 1916.

Primary Name: Pulver, Ernest

Filed as: Pulver, Ernest

Also known as: Ernest Pulver

Occupation / Association: Watchmaker; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: New York, United States; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Ernest Pulver, Emery Valentine jewelry store Juneau, Juneau watchmakers, Juneau Men's Igloo charter members, Valentine Building Juneau history

Biography

Ernest Pulver was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo.

He was born in New York on February 14, 1870.

Pulver was a skilled watchmaker and worked for Emery Valentine, a prominent Juneau jeweler and businessman. Pulver eventually became the heir to Valentine’s estate, which included the well-known Valentine jewelry store in Juneau.

On February 23, 1931, Pulver was killed in an accident when he fell down the stairs to the furnace room in the Valentine Building in Juneau.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Population Census

Daily Alaska Empire, February 23, 1931

Primary Name: Ralondo, Peter

Filed as: Ralondo, Peter

Also known as: Peter Ralondo

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Peter Ralondo, Juneau Mens Igloo charter member, Pioneers of Alaska early members, Juneau pioneer fraternal organizations

Biography

Peter Ralondo was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo, one of the earliest fraternal organizations established to preserve the history and fellowship of Alaska’s pioneer residents.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo historical records

Primary Name: Raymond, Harry J.

Filed as: Raymond, Harry J.

Also known as: Harry J. Raymond

Occupation / Association: Merchant; businessman; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; civic leader

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sum Dum, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Baranof, Alaska; Bell Island Hot Springs, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; New York

Keywords: Harry J Raymond Juneau Alaska, H J Raymond Company Juneau, Sum Dum Mining Company storekeeper, Baranof Hot Springs merchant, Bell Island Hot Springs resort, Juneau Elks Lodge member, Juneau City Council member, Alaska pioneer merchants

Biography

Harry J. Raymond was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo. He was born in New York State in 1871 and spent his early life there. Raymond trained as a pharmacist but did not pursue that profession after moving west.

In 1895, he went to San Francisco, California, where he met and became associated with Mr. McBride. Through that connection, he came to Sum Dum, Alaska, in 1897 as a storekeeper for the Sum Dum Mining Company.

Raymond returned to San Francisco in 1898, where he married. He then brought his wife back to Sum Dum.

In 1901, he moved to Juneau, Alaska, where he would make his long-time home. There, he represented Alaska for one of the largest wholesale hardware firms on the Pacific Coast. In 1912, he organized the H. J. Raymond Company, which operated in Juneau until 1917. He was later associated with the Alaskan Hotel.

In 1923, Raymond went to Bell Island Hot Springs near Ketchikan, where he opened a health resort. After selling the property in 1925, he returned to Southeast Alaska and moved to Baranof, where he opened a general merchandise business and operated the hot springs there.

While living in Baranof, he took an active role in civic and business affairs. He served several terms on the City Council and was also active for many years in the Elks Lodge.

Harry J. Raymond died in Juneau on Wednesday, December 26, 1928, from blood poisoning resulting from a minor injury received about two weeks earlier. He was fifty-seven years old and was survived by his wife.

Sources

Daily Alaska Empire, December 26, 1928.

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Volume 1, pp. 260–261, Ed Ferrell, May 1, 2009.

Primary Name: Reck, John

Filed as: Reck, John

Also known as: John Reck

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; butcher; businessman; mayor of Juneau; president, First National Bank of Juneau

Associated places: Elkador, Clayton County, Iowa; Tacoma, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Strawberry Point, Iowa

Keywords: John Reck, Reck family Juneau Alaska, Alaska Meat Company Juneau, mayor of Juneau 1914 1915, Juneau Chamber of Commerce president, First National Bank of Juneau president, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member

Biography

John Reck was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, the Juneau Men's Igloo, and a prominent businessman and civic leader in early Juneau.

He was born April 12, 1865, in Elkador, Clayton County, Iowa. At the age of thirteen, he left home to support himself. By the age of eighteen, he had learned the meat business and, in 1886, moved west to Tacoma, Washington, where he lived until 1897.

In 1897, the firm he worked for sent him to Juneau to take charge of a meat market owned by the company after the butcher had left for the Klondike gold rush. Reck expected to remain only a few months, but the company never sent a replacement. As he later remarked during a newspaper interview on his seventy-fifth birthday in 1940, “And I have been here ever since.”

On October 3, 1888, he married Marie Ann Rieck in Strawberry Point, Iowa. She had been born June 20, 1867, in Kitchener, Ontario. The couple had four children. Marie Ann Rieck Reck died in Juneau on December 5, 1940.

Reck became deeply involved in the civic and commercial life of Juneau. He served four terms on the Juneau Municipal Council and served as the city's mayor from 1914 to 1915. He also served as president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.

For many years, he operated the Alaska Meat Company in Juneau. In 1912, he became involved with the First National Bank of Juneau, serving as a director until 1915, when he was elected president.

Through his business enterprises and public service, John Reck played a significant role in the economic and civic development of Juneau during Alaska’s territorial period.

Daily Alaska Empire, April 12 and December 6, 1940; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, pages 268–269, by Ed Ferrell.

Primary Name: Reck, William

Filed as: Reck, William

Also known as: William Reck

Occupation / Association: Butcher; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: Tacoma, Washington; Juneau, Alaska; Decatur, Georgia

Keywords: William Reck, John Reck Juneau mayor, Reck butcher shop Juneau, Juneau Mens Igloo charter members, early Juneau families

Biography

William Reck was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo.

He was born April 15, 1892, in Tacoma, Washington. In April 1898, he came to Juneau, Alaska, with his family.

His father, John Reck, was a prominent Juneau businessman who owned a butcher shop, served as mayor of Juneau, and was also president of the First National Bank.

William attended school in Juneau and followed his father into the trade, becoming a butcher and working at several meat markets in the city.

He married Minnie May Clifton in Juneau on October 11, 1916.

William Reck died in Decatur, Georgia, on February 8, 1984, at the age of 91.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo No. 6 Biographical Sketch

Primary Name: Rice, George

Filed as: Rice, George

Also known as: George Rice

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; laborer

Associated places: Ohio; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: George Rice, Rice George, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, early Juneau laborers, Kentucky Liquor Company Juneau

Biography

George Rice was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo.

He was born in October 1861 in Ohio.

Rice was listed in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census in Juneau, Alaska, where he was employed as a laborer. At some point, he was also associated with the Kentucky Liquor Company.

1910 U.S. Federal Population Census

Rielly, Patrick

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Patrick Rielly was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Rielly was a native of Ireland and had been a resident of Juneau for approximately twenty-five years. He worked as a miner and prospector in the Juneau mining district.

For many years, he owned and worked a mining claim in Silver Bow Basin. Rielly was known as a solitary man who spent most of his time working at his mine and had few close acquaintances.

Patrick Rielly died at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau on September 12, 1921, at the age of seventy.

Sources

• Daily Alaska Empire, September 12, 1921

Ripinski, Solomon

Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo

Role: Charter Member

Biography

Colonel Solomon Ripinski was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Ripinski was born on April 15 in Rypin, Poland. He received a European education and attended several military schools where he studied drafting and developed considerable skill in sketching, drawing, and painting.

He graduated with the rank of second lieutenant of cavalry. Because he was too young to enter service immediately, he traveled through many of Europe's principal cities before immigrating to the United States.

After arriving in America, he traveled through the eastern and southern states before settling in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he engaged in merchandising. He later moved to Sacramento, California, where he opened an art studio and produced several oil paintings.

In 1878, he relocated to Salem, Oregon, where he became active in the Oregon State Militia and quickly rose to the rank of colonel. That same year he received first prize from the Oregon State Fair Association and the Mechanics Fair in Portland for an emblematic Masonic chart.

During the administration of Governor W. W. Thayer, he was appointed aide-de-camp on the governor’s staff with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Ripinski was also active in fraternal organizations, serving as a High Free Mason, a Sir Past Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias, and later as a member of the Arctic Brotherhood.

Ripinski came to Alaska in 1884 with the noted Arctic explorer Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka. Under Attorney General Haskett, he was appointed a clerk and, in 1885, was commissioned to establish a United States Government school in western Alaska. After being transferred from Unalaska to Chilkat, he served as principal of the government school there for one term.

He later founded and owned the townsite of Haines Mission. From 1887 to 1890, he was associated with the Pyramid Harbor salmon cannery, and in 1890, he opened a general merchandise store in Chilkat, Alaska.

In recognition of his work in the region, one of the nearby mountains was named for him. Mount Ripinsky, overlooking the Haines area, rises to an elevation of approximately 3,680 feet.

Sources

• Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 1, pp. 270–272, Ed Ferrell

Primary Name: Robinson, William

Filed as: Robinson, William

Also known as: William Robinson

Occupation / Association: Charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo; miner; prospector

Associated places: Chippewa County, Michigan; Douglas, Alaska; Dawson, Yukon Territory

Keywords: William Robinson, Robinson William, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, Douglas Alaska miners, Dawson Yukon prospectors, Alaska gold rush miners

Biography

William Robinson was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo.

He was born on November 25, 1857, in Chippewa County, Michigan.

Robinson arrived in Douglas, Alaska, on July 16, 1898. He worked as a miner and prospector and later prospected in Dawson between 1899 and 1900 during the Klondike gold rush period.

Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo 6 Biographical Sketch

Primary Name: Rodenkirch, F. G.

Filed as: Rodenkirch, F. G.

Also known as: F. G. Rodenkirch

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: F G Rodenkirch Juneau Alaska, Rodenkirch family Juneau Alaska, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo charter member, Juneau Alaska pioneers, Alaska fraternal organizations

Biography

F. G. Rodenkirch was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo. The organization was founded to preserve the history and traditions of Alaska’s early residents and to promote fellowship among those connected with the state’s pioneer heritage.

Sources

Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo records.