Alheidt, Henry
Primary Name: Alheidt, Henry
Filed as: alheidt_henry
Also known as: Henry Alheidt
Occupation / Association: Prospector; Miner; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: June 1863, Germany
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Cordova, Alaska; Kennecott Mining District, Alaska
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Keywords: Henry Alheidt, H. Alheidt, Alheidt Henry, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Cordova prospectors, Kennecott Mining District prospectors
Biography
Henry Alheidt was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Alheidt was born in Germany in June 1863. He immigrated to the United States in 1881 and later came to Juneau, Alaska, in 1900.
Like many early residents of the region, Alheidt worked as a prospector in several developing mining districts. In the 1910 United States Federal Census, he was listed as prospecting in the Cordova area. By the time of the 1920 census, he was working in the Kennecott Mining District, one of Alaska’s most significant copper mining regions.
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1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: Henry Alheidt, Alheidt family, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Juneau pioneers, Cordova Alaska prospectors, Kennecott Mining District miners
Ashby, Thomas Henly
Primary Name: Ashby, Thomas Henly
Filed as: ashby_thomas_henly
Also known as: Thomas H. Ashby
Occupation / Association: Prospector; Miner; Merchant; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; Topkuk Ditch Company partner
Born: 1865, Missouri
Died: 1951, Tacoma, Washington
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Spouse: Mary Andreafsky
Children: Charles Ashby; Inez Ashby
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Stewart River, Yukon; Forty Mile, Alaska; Dawson, Yukon Territory; Nome, Alaska; Tacoma, Washington
Property / Address: Ashby and Leek Building (later Missouri Saloon / Louvre Theater), Front Street, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Thomas Henly Ashby, Thomas H Ashby, Ashby brothers, Missouri Saloon Juneau, Louvre Theater Juneau, Topkuk Ditch Company, Dawson stampede 1897, early Juneau prospectors
Biography
Thomas Henly Ashby was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Ashby was born in Missouri in 1865. In 1884, he and his brother Oscar left their pig farm in Missouri at the urging of Richard T. Harris. They arrived in Juneau on May 11 and worked in various enterprises, including employment at the Treadwell Mine.
One of Thomas’s first prospecting trips was with Joe Juneau to Glacier Bay. In 1886, he and his brother traveled north, built a pole boat, and mined in the Stewart River area. They returned to Juneau in October of that year.
In 1887, Thomas returned to the Forty Mile area to prospect. Back in Juneau in 1891, the Ashby brothers and William Leek built a two-story building on Front Street at the site of the present Imperial Bar. The establishment began as a saloon known as Ashby and Leek, and later the Missouri. It was later known as the Louvre Theater and Saloon.
Thomas was among the early stampeders to Dawson in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, where he mined on Eldorado, Below Bonanza, and other creeks.
He met and married Mary Andreafsky at Holy Cross. In 1899, Mary joined her husband in Dawson and crossed the Chilkoot Pass, carrying their three-month-old baby, Charles, on her back while a friend carried their two-year-old, Inez.
The family later moved to Nome, where Thomas and his brother became partners in the well-known Topkuk Ditch Company. Mary died in 1913. Thomas continued prospecting afterward and staked claims in many locations north and south of Juneau.
He died in Tacoma, Washington, in 1951 from complications following surgery.
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Gastineau Channel Memories 1880–1959, pp. 260–261.
Tags: Thomas Henly Ashby, Thomas H Ashby, Ashby brothers, Oscar Ashby, Juneau pioneers, Missouri Saloon Juneau, Louvre Theater Juneau, Topkuk Ditch Company, Klondike stampeders, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Bishop, Harry A.
Primary Name: Bishop, Harry
Filed as: bishop_harry
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Occupation / Association: Miner; Manager, Juneau Water Company; Mayor of Juneau; U.S. Marshal, First Judicial District of Alaska; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: 1869, Iowa
Died: May 12, 1920, near Des Moines, Washington
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sheep Creek, Alaska; Des Moines, Washington
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Keywords: Harry Bishop, Bishop Harry, Mayor of Juneau, Juneau Water Company, U.S. Marshal First Judicial District Alaska, Democratic Territorial Central Committee, Sheep Creek miner, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Harry Bishop was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. Bishop was born in Iowa in 1869.
He came to Alaska in 1896 during the early years of the region’s mining development and worked as a miner at Sheep Creek near Juneau.
Bishop later became associated with the Juneau Water Company and served as its manager from 1910 to 1914.
Active in territorial politics, he served as Secretary of the Democratic Territorial Central Committee from 1910 to 1912. Bishop was elected Mayor of Juneau and served from 1912 to 1913.
He later became the United States Marshal for the First Judicial District of Alaska and held that position from 1914 until 1917. He resigned from the office because of declining health and moved to a farm near Des Moines, Washington.
Bishop died there on May 12, 1920.
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Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, Who’s Who in Alaskan Politics: Biographical Dictionary of Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884–1974, p. 7.
Tags: Harry Bishop, Bishop Harry, Juneau mayor, U.S. Marshal Alaska, Juneau Water Company, Democratic Territorial Central Committee, Sheep Creek miner, Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Juneau Alaska
Hansen, George William
Primary Name: Hain, George
Filed as: hain_george
Also known as: George Haines
Occupation / Association: Barber; Proprietor, Pioneer Barber Shop; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: January 1878, Illinois
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Associated places: Illinois; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: George Hain, Hain George, George Haines, Pioneer Barber Shop Juneau, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Juneau barbers
Biography
George Hain was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
He was born in January 1878 in Illinois. Hain came to Alaska in December 1898 and settled in Juneau, where he worked as a barber and operated the Pioneer Barber Shop.
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1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, September 24, 1920
Tags: George Hain, Hain George, George Haines, Pioneer Barber Shop Juneau, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Juneau Alaska pioneers
Hellenthal, John "Jack" Alburtus
Primary Name: Hellenthal, John Alburtus
Filed as: hellenthal_john_alburtus
Also known as: John “Jack” Alburtus Hellenthal; Jack Hellenthal; John A. Hellenthal
Occupation / Association: Attorney; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; Member, Democratic National Committee; Alaska mining interests
Born: September 17, 1874, Holland, Michigan
Died: May 25, 1945, Seattle, Washington
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Spouse: Bertha Linsley (m. February 12, 1900)
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Associated places: Holland, Michigan; Wyoming; Utah; Juneau, Alaska; Seattle, Washington
Keywords: John Alburtus Hellenthal, Jack Hellenthal, John A Hellenthal, Juneau attorney, Alaska Juneau Mine, Treadwell Mine, Democratic National Committee Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
John “Jack” Alburtus Hellenthal was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
He was born in Holland, Michigan, on September 17, 1874. Hellenthal studied law at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and later at the University of Michigan. He practiced law in Wyoming and Utah before moving to Juneau, Alaska, in 1900.
On February 12, 1900, he married Bertha Linsley. After arriving in Juneau, Hellenthal became active in the community's legal and civic life. He headed the local bar association and served on the Democratic National Committee from 1935 to 1940.
Hellenthal was also associated with the Alaska Juneau Mine and the Treadwell Mine beginning around 1910. In addition to his legal work, he wrote Alaska Melodrama, a descriptive account of the Territory.
John Alburtus Hellenthal died at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington, on May 25, 1945.
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Who’s Who in Alaska Politics: A Biographical Dictionary of Alaska Political Personalities 1884–1974, Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, p. 42.
Tags: John Alburtus Hellenthal, Jack Hellenthal, John A Hellenthal, Juneau attorneys, Alaska Juneau Mine, Treadwell Mine, Democratic National Committee Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Howe, George A.
Primary Name: Howe, George
Filed as: howe_george
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Occupation / Association: Trader; Prospector; Explorer; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: 1848, Hallowell, Maine
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Associated places: Hallowell, Maine; San Francisco, California; Cook Inlet, Alaska; Tyonic, Alaska; Old Knik, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Kenai, Alaska; Kodiak, Alaska; Rampart, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska
Keywords: George Howe, Howe George, Alaska trader Howe, Cook Inlet trading post Shutna River, Old Knik trading post, Major Glenn expedition Portage Pass, Anchorage Alaska pioneers
Biography
George Howe was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Howe was born at Hallowell, Maine, in 1848. He traveled to San Francisco by rail in 1869 and remained there until 1886. During the following decade, he made repeated trips to Alaska aboard sealing and trading schooners.
He came to Cook Inlet and established a trading post at the Shutna River near Tyonic. In the spring of 1895, he went to Old Knik and established another trading post, where he remained for two years.
While returning to San Francisco, Howe stopped at Juneau and was called to Seattle to join the expedition of Major Glenn across Portage Pass into the Cook Inlet country. His mission was to assist in searching for a potential railroad route to Cook Inlet. The expedition included thirty soldiers, and Howe spent three months traveling over the ground where Anchorage now stands and other areas around Cook Inlet.
After the expedition, he returned to Juneau and brought Professor Georgeson to Kenai to survey government farm land. He later accompanied him to Kodiak for the same purpose, completing the work in 1898.
He then traveled to Seattle and transported U.S. Commissioner Wiggins to Rampart during the 1899 season. Howe also took the first thawing machine to that country and mined on Hunter Creek. From there, he went to Nome in the spring of 1900, where he remained for two years.
After leaving Nome, he returned to Juneau and continued working in various enterprises until 1915, when he moved to Anchorage, where he remained thereafter.
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Pathfinder, November 1919; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 1, p. 143, Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009)
Tags: George Howe, Howe George, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Cook Inlet traders, Old Knik trading post, Anchorage Alaska pioneers
Jones, Livingston
Primary Name: Jones, Livingston
Filed as: jones_livingston
Also known as: Rev. Livingston Jones; Reverend Livingston Jones
Occupation / Association: Presbyterian missionary; Pastor to the Tlingit; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; Author
Born: June 1864, New Jersey
Died: August 27, 1928, Fresno, California
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Fresno, California; Alaska Territory
Keywords: Livingston Jones, Rev Livingston Jones, Reverend Livingston Jones, Presbyterian missionary Alaska, Tlingit mission pastor Juneau, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Alaska missionary authors
Biography
Reverend Livingston Jones was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Jones was born in June 1864 in New Jersey. He became one of the most widely known and respected ministers to serve in Alaska during the territorial period.
As a Presbyterian missionary pastor to the Tlingit people, he maintained his headquarters in Juneau and served communities throughout Southeast Alaska. He lived in Juneau from 1891 until 1913 and during that time became well known throughout the territory.
Jones was also an author and wrote two books during his long residence in Alaska: A Study of the Tlingits of Alaska and Indian Vengeance – A True Romance.
He died in Fresno, California on August 27, 1928.
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1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; Alaska Daily Empire, August 28, 1928
Tags: Livingston Jones, Rev Livingston Jones, Presbyterian missionary Alaska, Tlingit mission pastor Juneau, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Alaska pioneers
Kern, James P.
Primary Name: Kern, James
Filed as: james_kern
Also known as: Jim Kern
Occupation / Association: Miner; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: circa 1860, Indiana
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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Indiana
Keywords: James Kern, Jim Kern, Kern James, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Douglas Alaska miner, Indiana-born Alaska pioneers
Biography
James Kern was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Kern was born in Indiana around 1860. He later moved to Douglas, Alaska, where he worked as a miner in the Juneau mining district.
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1920 U.S. Federal Population Census
Tags: James Kern, Jim Kern, Kern James, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Douglas Alaska miner, Indiana-born Alaska pioneers
Layton, William
Primary Name: Layton, William
Filed as: william_layton
Also known as: W. Layton
Occupation / Association: Boat builder; Carpenter; Fisherman; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: March 1864, England
Died: July 28, 1934
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Associated places: England; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: William Layton, W Layton, Layton William, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, boat builder Juneau, carpenter Juneau Alaska, fisherman Juneau Alaska, England-born Alaska pioneers
Biography
William Layton was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Layton was born in England in March 1864 and immigrated to the United States in 1886.
He came to Juneau in the city's early years and, for many years, was involved in boatbuilding and carpentry. He was also a fisherman and owned several boats at various times.
William Layton died on July 28, 1934.
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1900 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; 1920 U.S. Federal Population Census; Daily Alaska Empire, July 30, 1934
Tags: William Layton, W Layton, Layton William, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, boat builder, carpenter, fisherman, Juneau Alaska pioneers
Lundquist, Elmer W.
Primary Name: Lunquist, Elmer
Filed as: elmer_lunquist
Also known as: Elmer Lundquist
Occupation / Association: Miner; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; Alaska Juneau Mining Company; Alaska Gastineau Mining Company
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Elmer Lunquist, Elmer Lundquist, Lunquist Elmer, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Alaska Juneau Mining Company miner, Alaska Gastineau Mining Company miner, Juneau mining accidents, Alaska pioneers
Biography
Elmer Lunquist was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska.
Lunquist worked as a miner in the Juneau mining district. In March 1917, he was killed while working for the Alaska Juneau Mining Company. According to reports, he entered a drift too soon after a round of shots had been fired and was overcome by powder fumes.
He had previously worked for the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company.
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Anchorage Daily Times, March 27, 1917
Tags: Elmer Lunquist, Elmer Lundquist, Lunquist Elmer, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Alaska Juneau Mining Company miner, Alaska Gastineau Mining Company miner, Juneau mining accidents, Alaska pioneers