Primary Name: Cobb, E. Lang
Filed as: cobb_e_lang
Also known as: E. Lang Cobb
Occupation / Association: Mining Engineer; Surveyor; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6
Born: 1890, Texas
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Associated places: Texas; Juneau Alaska; Sewanee Tennessee; California
Keywords: E Lang Cobb, Lang Cobb, Juneau mining engineer, Alaska Electric Light and Power employee
Biography
E. Lang Cobb was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6.
Cobb was born in Texas in 1890. He came to Alaska at the age of seven and was raised in Juneau, making him essentially an Alaskan product.
He attended the Juneau Public Schools before continuing his education at the Sewanee Grammar School in Tennessee, where he studied for three years. Cobb later enrolled at the University of California, where he pursued a mining and scientific course of study.
Following his education, Cobb worked primarily in mining and surveying. During the summer of 1917, he was engaged in the fishing industry before later working for the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company.
Sources
Daily Alaska Dispatch, April 17, 1918; Ferrell, Ed. Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 4, p. 162 (May 1, 2009)
Tags: E Lang Cobb, Juneau Men's Igloo No 6, Alaska mining engineers, Alaska Electric Light and Power, Juneau Alaska pioneers