Primary Name: Chase, William H.
Filed as: chase_william_h
Also known as: William H. Chase
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; Grand President, Pioneers of Alaska (1938); Mayor of Cordova, Alaska; author
Born: January 19, 1874, Warsaw, New York
Died: October 1, 1965, Seattle, Washington
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Associated places: Warsaw, New York; Skagway, Alaska; Dyea, Alaska; Dawson, Yukon Territory; Fairbanks, Alaska; Valdez, Alaska; Katalla, Alaska; Cordova, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: William H Chase, Chase William H, Pioneers of Alaska Grand President 1938, Cordova mayor William Chase
Biography
William H. Chase was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo and served as Grand President of the Pioneers of Alaska in 1938.
Chase was born in Warsaw, New York, on January 19, 1874, and completed high school there. He later attended Bellevue Hospital in New York City as a medical student with an emphasis on natural history.
He came north during the gold rush years and lived in Skagway, Dyea, and Dawson between 1897 and 1903. He later resided in Fairbanks from 1903 to 1904 and in Valdez from 1905 to 1906.
Chase moved to Katalla in 1907 and eventually settled in Cordova, Alaska, where he became a prominent civic leader and served twenty-four terms as Mayor.
He was also an author. His works include The Sourdough Pot (1943) and Capt. Billie Moore and Pioneers of Alaska (1951).
William H. Chase died in Seattle, Washington, on October 1, 1965.
Sources
Who's Who in Alaskan Politics: Biographical Dictionary of Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884–1974, Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, p. 16.
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