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