Nora Alice Museth was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Auxilary No. 6.

She was born in Douglas, Alaska on June 24 1895 to Henry and Martha Nilsdatter Bolstad-Museth. Their names were Americanized from Hendrik and Marta Mjaaset when they immigrated from Voss, Norway in 1881.

She graduated from Douglas High School in 1914. She was the only senior in Douglas that year so for the last half of the year she joined four seniors at Juneau High School.

While in High School she worked as a projectionist at the local theater. After graduating she got a job in the post office in Treadwell with a salary of $45 per month.

Her father became ill in 1923 and so she moved with her father and mother and sisters Agnes and Trini to Escondido, California.

In 1925 she returned to Juneau as the bride of Joseph Augustin Williams, who was a mining engineer for Treadwell. He and Nora had been engaged before Nora left Alaska. They were married on April 21, 1925 and shortly returned to Alaska.

They raised a family of four children, Irene Patricia born in Alaska on April 3, 1926, Donald
Museth born in Alaska 1928, John Rodney born in Alaska 1931 and Marjorie Josephine born in Alaska 1934.  Joe and Nora moved to Seattle, Washington in 1983.

Nora died on January 17, 1994 in Tacoma, Washington.

1930 I 1940 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories. Vol 1. p.353-355; Alaska Daily Empire 5-6-1925; Alaska Daily Empire 4-3-1926; Washington Death Certificate

Bradford House was constructed around 1910 at 839 Dixon Street. This Craftsman Bungalow-style residence is a contributing member of the Chicken Ridge Historic District.

Zina and Gertrude Davis Bradford occupied the home. Zina worked for the Standard Oil Company and was appointed postmaster in the 1920s

The front elevation is asymmetrical in its composition featuring paired double-hung windows in the small roof dormer and a square single sash window on the right side of the enclosed porch addition. The nearly square building (25' x 24') is 1-1/2 stories with full basement. Also features a nearly full length (20' x 7.5') shed roofed addition (1940's) to the west side.

Exterior walls are clad with stucco on the first story, coursed wood shingle siding on the gables, and horizontal beveled clapboard siding on the addition. Although the stucco was added in later years the building retains its architectural integrity. The side gabled roof system is covered with composition shingles. Additional features include partial length shed roofed roof dormer, closed cornice gable ends, and exposed rafter tails. The structural system consists of wood balloon frame and concrete foundation.

Josephine Carlotta "Lottie" Clark was President of the Juneau Women's Igloo in 1923, 1926, 1933, 1943

She born in Santa Clara, California on September 23, 1867.

She was reared on her father's ranch in Yuba County, California and following her formal education in a private school she went to Stockton where she attended business college. On her graduation from this school she was employed in a business office in Sacramento.

She married John T. Spickett in Sacrament on December 24, 1896. Mr. Spickett who was in the theater business was engaged to bring a troupe of performers to Alaska and she came with him to Juneau in November of 1898.

Here Mr. Spickett's troupe performed at the famous Louvre Theater and on completion of the engagement the Spicketts found that they had grown fond of Alaska and decided to make their home here.

During the time Mr. Spickett's troupe performed at the Louvre, Lottie held the position of office manager for the Lottie held the position of office manager for the S. Blub Store. She later held a position on the office staff of the B.M. Behrends store for ten years.

She and her husband built the Spickett Apartments on Fifth Street in 1916 and made their home there.

Lottie was appointed Juneau postmaster by President Hoover in 1928. She held this position for eight years. Since her retirement from that office she was engaged in managing her Juneau business.

Charles W. Carter was President of the Men's Juneau Igloo in 1935 and 1936.

Carter was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1870. He left home at the age of 17. He worked in Calgary, Alberta; then in Vancouver, British Columbia; Portland, Oregon; and finally in San Francisco, California.

When news of the Klondike gold strike reached San Francisco, he headed for Seattle. He took passage on one of the ships headed north and landed on the beach at Skagway in August of 1897.

He worked first at backpacking and then on a pack train, traveling over the Skagway and Dyea trails, particularly the White Pass Trail. When the railroad was completed to Lake Bennett and packers no longer needed, he tried his luck prospecting for gold in the Atlin area.

He moved south to Juneau in 1899, where he worked as a hotel clerk, bartender, undertaker, and delivery man and did assessment work on claims at Silver Bow Basin.

Charles was a member of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department from 1899 until 1916.

In 1901, he accepted a contract to deliver the U.S. mail between St. Michaels and Katmai. Charles left Juneau by steamship in September of 1901 for Seattle where he boarded the S.S. Roanoke on September 30th on the last northbound trip of the year.

The ship arrived on October 15, at St. Michaels where he purchased a dog team and supplies. It was necessary to wait until December for favorable conditions to start the 1100-mile trip to deliver and pick up the mail. The wait was time spent learning the art of driving and caring for a dog team.

He married Alphonsine Carter.

Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries

Hugh Day was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo.

Day died in Douglas, Alaska on December 31, 1916, a native of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, aged
53 years.

He came to Alaska when about 21 years of age and settled in Killisnoo. He afterwards carried mail from Juneau to the interior by way of the Taku. He went to the Klondike with the big rush, located a rich claim but lost it through speculation.

He returned to Douglas, suffered loss of his property in the big fire of 1911, but rebuilt and a few years ago moved to Tenakee Springs.

Wednesday he entered the hospital for treatment of a head injury he received in a street fight when he was 17 and in late years gave him considerable trouble, he went into convulsion and died.

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Volume 5, p 77-78, by Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009

John T. Spickett was a charter member of the Juneau Men's Igloo and was President  in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930. Spickett was Grand President of the Grand Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska for two years.

Spickett was born in Bristol England, January 4, 1858. He came to the United States with his parents in 1870. When he was six years old, the family moved to Detroit, Michigan.

Attracted by the theatrical profession in his youth, John was both a performer and manager-producer. He made two trips to England as a member of Haverly’s Minstrels and in 1891; he had an amusement concession at the Chicago World’s Fair.

In 1896, John Spickett organized a touring company and performed at the Juneau Opera House. Leaving Alaska, he went to California and toured the state for two years.

While in California, he married Josephine Charlotte Clark in Sacrament. He and his wife returned to Juneau in 1898 to make their home.

Spickett’s first business venture in Juneau was to purchase the Franklin Hotel in 1899, aka the Occidental Annex on Front and Main streets which he conducted until 1905. He then opened a liquor and cigar stand across the street.

Being a staunch Republican, Mr. Spickett was appointed postmaster of Juneau in 1908 and served in that capacity until 1912. In connection with the post office, Mr. and Mrs. Spickett conducted a newsstand and music house. After his term as postmaster, he sold his newsstand to James Barragar and entered the moving picture business.

He opened the Orpheum Rooms, at Main and Willoughby Avenue, which at that time was the finest theater in Alaska. After securing his pictures and starting his show house, Mr. Spickett secured the agency of the Canadian National Railways which he held for a number of years.

After closing the Orpheum, he operated the Dream and the Palace, the former being closed and the latter sold to Lawrence Kubley. Mr. Spickett retired from active business life, after a long and successful theatrical career.

In politics Mr. Spickett was a Republican and was Chairman of the Republican territorial Committee.

Mr. Spickett was the first member to be initiated in Juneau Lodge No. 420 B.P.O. Elks, of which he was a life member, and always took an active part in lodge work, until his health failed. He was one of the first secretaries and through his efforts in the early days, kept the lodge together. Until recent years he always had charge of the minstrel shows of the Elks and the last minstrel show was dedicated to him.

John T. Spickett died in Juneau, Alaska on July 31, 1932.

Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850-1950, Volume 2 p 302 – 304, by Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009