Primary Name: Hansen, Hans Peter
Filed as: hansen_hans_peter
Also known as: Hans P. Hansen
Occupation / Association: Miner; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6
Born: February 1, 1865
Died: March 12, 1940 (age 75)
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Dyea, Alaska; Wrangell Narrows, Alaska; Duncan Canal, Alaska; Wrangell, Alaska; Petersburg, Alaska; Scow Bay, Alaska
Keywords: Hans Peter Hansen, Hans P Hansen, Hansen Juneau pioneer, Colorado wreck Wrangell Narrows, Duncan Canal mining camps
Biography
Hans Peter Hansen was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6, and an early miner in Alaska.
Hansen was born on February 1, 1865. He first came to Alaska in May 1886 and engaged in mining.
He participated in the 1896 gold rush, traveling over the Dyea Trail at the time of the wreck of the Colorado in Wrangell Narrows. Colorado Reef was later named for this wreck. Hansen was sent down from Juneau to unload ore from the Colorado.
In 1905–1906, Hansen worked as a foreman under Mr. Harvey at the Hattie camps in the lower part of Duncan Canal.
He later went to Wrangell, from which point he was dispatched to examine property in the Mill Creek area on the mainland. Following this assignment, he was sent to the States, where he worked on mining properties. During this time, he was involved in a blasting accident that caused him to lose his memory for a number of years.
Hansen returned to Alaska in 1927 and lived there until his death. He made his home at Skog’s Creek across from Scow Bay near Petersburg.
Hansen, an old-time Petersburg resident, died at the local hospital early Tuesday morning, March 12, at the age of seventy-five.
Sources
Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Vol. 5, pp. 116–117, Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009)