Lewis, Richard
Primary Name: Lewis, Richard F.
Filed as: lewis_richard_f
Also known as: R.F. Lewis, Richard F. Lewis
Occupation / Association: Attorney; owner, Juneau Water Works
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Spouse: Grace Lewis
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Property / Address: Block F; Lots 7–8, Juneau Motor Company building, 11 Egan Drive, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Richard F Lewis, R.F. Lewis, Lewis Richard F, Juneau Water Works owner, Juneau attorney, Telephone Hill property owners
Biography
Richard F. Lewis and his wife Grace Lewis owned Block F, Lots 7–8, where the Juneau Motor Company building stands at 11 Egan Drive on the corner of Egan Drive and Main Street at the base of Telephone Hill. The property remained in the Lewis family from the turn of the twentieth century until the early 1950s.
Lewis came to Juneau in 1894 and practiced law there until 1952. In addition to his legal practice, he owned the Juneau Water Works from 1938 to 1944. Lewis was also among a group of Alaskans who successfully lobbied in Washington, D.C., to have the territorial capital moved from Sitka to Juneau.
Sources
City of Juneau property records, 1901–1951; Lewis family records
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Juneau Motor Company
The Juneau Motor Company, 11 Egan Drive, is situated on the corner of Egan Drive and Main Street at the base of Telephone Hill on Block F; Lots 7-8.
The company moved to this site in 1935 from the former dock site of Alaska Coastal Airlines located across the street. Elroy Ninnis became president of the Ford dealership that year after working for the company since 1924 (Ninnis 1983; Juneau Empire 1954).
Lots 7 and 8, shoreline property prior to fill operations in the 1920s and 1930s, were the early sites of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and Wells Fargo Express offices.
Richard F. Lewis and Grace Lewis owned the lots from the turn of the century until the early 1950s (City of Juneau 1901-1951).
R.F. Lewis came to Juneau in 1894, practiced law until 1952, and owned the Juneau Water Works (Lewis 1938-44). He was among a group of Alaskans who lobbied successfully in Washington, D.C. to have the state capital moved from Sitka to Juneau.
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he original Juneau Motor building on Lots 7 and 8 was destroyed by fire in 1964. The present buildings were constructed in 1965 (Ninnis 1983). Capital Motors Supply, 47 Willoughby, was established in 1958 and is owned by Juneau Motor. Joseph Ninnis, son of Elroy, became president of the company in 1963.
The Juneau Motor Company and Capital Motors Supply consist of rectangular, one-story structures and two storage sheds. The dealership's main building has a sales showroom, parts department and a service department. The low-pitched gable roof is situated over concrete-block walls covered with vertical aluminum paneling and aggregate siding. The building includes large showroom windows.
The Capital Motors Supply building, measuring 50 1 x90 1 with a floor area of 4,192 square feet, consists of a 20 1 x20 1 retail department, a 711 x50 1 warehouse and an ll 1 x23' wood shed addition housing an office. The building has a flat roof with an aluminum-siding -cornice, steel and concrete framing, and painted concrete-block siding.
The rear of the building is covered with painted, corrugated metal, and the wood shed addition has vertical wood siding. The building's floor and foundation are poured concrete. The floors and foundation are concrete. Both one-story storage sheds have corrugated-metal siding.
Shackleford, Louis P.
Shackleford, Louis P.
Occupation: Attorney
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska
Professional association: Law partner of Edward Bayless
Biography
Louis P. Shackleford was an attorney practicing in Juneau, Alaska, during the territorial period.
He practiced law in partnership with Edward Bayless, one of the attorneys active in the early legal community of Juneau as the city developed as the governmental and commercial center of Southeast Alaska.
Law firms such as the partnership of Bayless and Shackleford provided legal services to residents, businesses, and mining interests during a period when the region’s economy and institutions were rapidly expanding.
Sources
- Juneau legal and professional records
Olds, Klonda
Primary Name: Mathews, Klondyke Evonne
Filed as: Mathews, Klondyke Evonne
Also known as: Klondyke "Klonda" Evonne Olds, Klonda Mathews
Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo No. 6
Born: July 18, 1897, Alaska
Died: September 20, 1983, Huntington Beach, California
Parents: John Olds; Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior Olds
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Grand Junction, Colorado; Huntington Beach, California
Keywords: Klondyke Evonne Olds Mathews, Klonda Olds, Klonda Mathews, Juneau Alaska pioneer women, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 charter member
Biography
Klondyke "Klonda" Evonne Olds Mathews was a Charter Member of Juneau Women's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.
She was born July 18, 1897, in Alaska to John Olds and Lila Elizabeth Ann Prior Olds.
On August 23, 1922, she married Avery Lester Mathews, a lawyer. The couple later moved to Colorado, where they had two children: John Lester Mathews, born October 13, 1929, and Myra Ann Mathews, born in 1931.
Klondyke Evonne Mathews died September 20, 1983, in Huntington Beach, California.
Sources
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Grand Junction, Colorado; California Death Index; Alaska Vital Records
Roden, Henry
Roden, Henry
Association: Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men's Igloo
Role: President, Juneau Men's Igloo; Grand Igloo President
Year: 1943
Biography
Henry Roden served as President of the Juneau Men's Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska and later as Grand Igloo President in 1943.
He was born on August 8, 1874, in Basel, Switzerland. Roden came north during the Klondike gold rush, reaching Dawson in 1898, where he joined the stampeders and worked as a prospector, miner, and wood cutter supplying riverboats.
In 1902, he began studying law independently. Over the next four years, he memorized two law books and successfully passed the Alaska Bar examination in 1906. As he later recalled, “Alaska, the land of opportunity, here I come. I learned later it was a do-it-yourself deal.”
Roden established a law practice in Fairbanks and later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Fairbanks and Iditarod, and as City Attorney of Iditarod. He became widely known throughout Alaska and was affectionately called “our Heine.”
In 1913, he was elected to the First Alaska Territorial Legislature as a senator and was reelected three additional times.
He married Margaret Kaapcke in Tacoma, Washington, on January 22, 1917. The couple later lived in Juneau, where Roden practiced law and also became involved in the fishing industry. He served as manager of the Republic Fisheries Company, which operated floating fish traps in Chatham Strait, and owned the gas fishing vessel Jugoslav. He was also president of Pelican Cold Storage Company and a co-founder of the city of Pelican, Alaska.
In 1940, Roden was elected Attorney General of Alaska and served in that position for four years. In 1944, he was a candidate for the United States Congress as a territorial delegate.
In 1949, he was called back from retirement to serve as the territory's Treasurer and was elected to another term. He later served on the Board of Directors of the Pioneers' Home in Sitka until Alaska achieved statehood.
Roden and his wife moved to Seattle in 1958 due to Margaret’s declining health. She died there in 1961. Even in his late eighties, Roden remained active in the legal profession while living at the Savoy Hotel in Seattle, where he continued to advise former Alaskans without charging them fees.
Henry Roden died in Seattle on June 5, 1966.
Sources
- Ed Ferrell, Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Vol. 3, pp. 244–246
LeFevre, Henry B.
Primary Name: LeFevre, Henry Belfield
Filed as: henry_belfield_lefevre
Also known as: Henry B. LeFevre; Henry Lefevre; Judge Henry Belfield LeFevre
Occupation / Association: Judge; Lawyer; Newspaper Editor; President, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 (1921)
Born: April 8, 1857, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Parents: George Lefevre; Emma Beal Lefevre
Spouse: Married April 5, 1891, Puyallup, Washington
Children: Ruth Elizabeth LeFevre
Associated places: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Europe; Lone Rock, Oregon; Wisconsin; Kalama, Washington; Columbia River District; Heppner, Oregon; Puyallup, Washington; Dyea, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Henry Belfield LeFevre, Henry B. LeFevre, Judge Henry LeFevre, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 President 1921, Skagway Alaskan editor, John W. Troy, Treadwell Mine employees
Biography
Judge Henry Belfield LeFevre served as President of the Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska in 1921.
He was born on April 8, 1857, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the grandson of the Rev. Clement Fall Lefevre, prominent in the history of the State of Wisconsin, and the son of George Lefevre and Emma Beal Lefevre, daughter of the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in the 1850s.
As a child during the Franco-Prussian War, LeFevre spent five years in Europe with his mother, who had traveled there for her health. During that time, he learned to speak French and Spanish fluently. Because of this ability, many acquaintances in Alaska later believed he was French, although he was of English descent.
After the death of his father in 1871, LeFevre moved from Wisconsin to Lone Rock in eastern Oregon, where he engaged in raising stock and served in several clerical capacities. While there, he began studying law, specializing in probate work. He was also among the early students of the University of Notre Dame.
LeFevre practiced law for several years in Wisconsin and later in Kalama, Washington, and along the Columbia River district. In Heppner, Oregon, he entered the newspaper business and became editor of the Gazette, later taking over the Citizen in Puyallup, Washington.
He was married in Puyallup on April 5, 1891, and had one daughter, Ruth Elizabeth LeFevre.
LeFevre came to Alaska alone in 1895 and worked for the Treadwell Mine. He lived in Dyea and Skagway for about seventeen years, and in Skagway was associated with John W. Troy in publishing the Skagway Alaskan. His mother later joined him in Alaska and lived with him there until her death.
Sources
Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6 records
Tags: Henry Belfield LeFevre, Henry B. LeFevre, Judge Henry LeFevre, Clement Fall Lefevre, George Lefevre, Emma Beal Lefevre, Ruth Elizabeth LeFevre, Juneau Men's Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, Skagway Alaskan editors, Treadwell Mine employees
Cobb, John H.
Primary Name: Cobb, John H.
Filed as: cobb_john_h
Also known as: John H. Cobb
Occupation / Association: Attorney; first Attorney General of Alaska Territory; charter member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: Texas
Died: December 23, 1925, Santa Barbara, California
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Associated places: Texas; Juneau, Alaska; Chichagof Island, Alaska; Santa Barbara, California
Keywords: John H Cobb, Cobb John H, Alaska Attorney General, Malony and Cobb law firm
Biography
John H. Cobb was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Cobb came to Juneau in 1897 from his native state of Texas and began practicing law. Early in 1899, he formed a law partnership with John F. Malony, and for twenty years, the firm of Malony and Cobb was one of the leading law practices in Alaska.
In 1915, Governor John F. A. Strong appointed Cobb as the first Attorney General of the Alaska Territory. In 1916, he ran as an independent candidate for attorney general but was defeated by George B. Grigsby, the Democratic nominee.
In association with Judge John R. Winn, Cobb successfully argued the well-known lawsuit of John Tuppela against the Chichagoff Mining Company, involving title to some of the most valuable mining properties at Chichagof.
After the case was settled, Cobb moved with his family to California, where they resided in Santa Barbara.
John H. Cobb died in Santa Barbara on December 23, 1925.
Sources
Biographies of Alaska–Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, p. 58, by Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009).
Tags: John H Cobb, Cobb John H, Alaska Attorney General, Juneau Men’s Igloo, Malony and Cobb law firm
Cosgrove, Charles H.
Primary Name: Cosgrove, Charles H.
Filed as: cosgrove_charles_h
Also known as: Charles H. Cosgrove
Occupation / Association: Attorney; City Attorney; City Clerk; Magistrate; Charter Member, Juneau Men's Igloo
Born: ca. 1871, Lowell, Massachusetts
Died: May 15, 1923, Ketchikan, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Margaret Whalen (m. 1904, Seattle, Washington)
Children: Three sons; one daughter
Associated places: Lowell, Massachusetts; Worcester, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; Nome, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska
Keywords: Charles H Cosgrove, Cosgrove Charles H, Ketchikan attorney, Juneau Men's Igloo
Biography
Charles H. Cosgrove was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.
Cosgrove was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, about 1871. He attended the public schools of that city and, after graduation, entered Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, completing his collegiate course in 1893. That same year, he entered Boston University Law School and graduated in 1897.
He practiced law in Massachusetts for a short time before moving west, drawn by the pioneer spirit. After a brief residence in Seattle, he joined the stampede to Nome in 1899, where he remained for one season. He then came to Southeastern Alaska, settling in Ketchikan in 1901.
In 1904, Cosgrove married Miss Margaret Whalen of Seattle. They had three sons and one daughter.
During his years in Ketchikan, he served several terms as City Attorney, City Clerk, and Magistrate.
Cosgrove was a Catholic, a Democrat, a member of the Elks, and a member of the Arctic Club of Seattle.
Charles H. Cosgrove died in Ketchikan on May 15, 1923.
Sources
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, May 15–17, 1923; Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, May 16–17, 1923
Tags: Charles H Cosgrove, Cosgrove Charles H, Juneau Men's Igloo, Ketchikan Alaska pioneers, Alaska attorneys
Heid, John Godlove
Primary Name: Heid, John Godlove
Filed as: heid_john_godlove
Also known as: John G. Heid, John Godlove Heid
Occupation / Association: Attorney; miner; Republican National Committeeman for Alaska; Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6
Born: December 14, 1852, Wapakoneta, Ohio
Died: January 24, 1917, San Francisco, California
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Spouse: Henrietta Jensen
Children: Mrs. V. H. Dupuy; Gertrude Heid; Elizabeth Heid
Associated places: Wapakoneta, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; New Mexico; Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, California
Keywords: John Godlove Heid, John G Heid, Heid attorney Juneau, Alaska Republican National Committeeman, Juneau mining development
Biography
John Godlove Heid was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo No. 6, and one of the early attorneys and mining developers in Southeast Alaska.
Heid was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on December 14, 1852. In 1872, he migrated from his native state to Denver, Colorado, where he engaged in mining. He later spent several years in New Mexico prospecting for gold.
At some point during his early career, he studied law. After arriving in Juneau on April 11, 1885, he opened a law office and practiced law there continuously. He later became recognized as one of the longest practicing members of the Alaska bar.
He was married in Juneau in July 1888 to Henrietta Jensen, a government school teacher. The couple had three daughters: Mrs. V. H. Dupuy, Gertrude, and Elizabeth. The family lived for many years in the same Juneau residence where the daughters were born, educated, and where one later married.
Heid remained actively involved in mining throughout his life and spent more than thirty years engaged in mining and mineral development in Alaska. He was familiar with mining conditions throughout Southeastern Alaska and was connected with many mineral locations that later developed into producing mines.
He also played a role in territorial politics. He served as Republican National Committeeman for Alaska for eight years and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia when William McKinley was nominated for his second presidential term. He also attended the national convention in 1904 when Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for President.
John Godlove Heid died in San Francisco on January 24, 1917. He had traveled to the city to argue a case for the Territorial Legislature.
Sources
Daily Alaska Dispatch, October 18, 1914; January 24, 1917; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Vol. 2, pp. 129–130, Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009)
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)
Children:
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.
Sources
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