Primary Name: Early Residents of Douglas Island

Filed as: Early Residents of Douglas Island

Also known as: Early Treadwell Mine families

Occupation / Association: Early residents and workers associated with the Treadwell mining operations

Associated places: Douglas Island, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: early Douglas Island residents, Treadwell Mine families, Richard McCormick Douglas Alaska, Nickolas King Douglas Alaska, George Shatter Douglas Alaska, Mike McKanna Douglas Alaska, P H Fox Douglas Alaska, Henry Mead Douglas Alaska, Treadwell mining community history

Biography

By 1886, families of employees working at the nearby Treadwell mining operations began arriving on Douglas Island. These families helped establish the first permanent residential community on the island as the mining industry expanded across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau.

Among the earliest permanent residents of Douglas Island were Richard McCormick, Nickolas King, George Shatter, Mike McKanna, P. H. Fox, and Henry Mead. These individuals were associated with the growing Treadwell mining complex and the development of the community that formed around it.

Sources

Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries.