This Month in Juneau History

                          

Enjoy this collection of local history snippets curated by Mary Pat Wyatt. Choose a month below to read about Juneau and Douglas history.

DECEMBER 7, 1941

Both Mayor Harry I. Lucas of Juneau and Acting Mayor E. Hachmeister of Douglas have ordered complete blackouts of ...

DECEMBER 9, 1899

Members of the Elks Lodge will give their second annual Minstrel Show at the Opera House on Monday, January 1. The ...

DECEMBER 18, 1918

The influenza quarantine was reimposed on December 18 when about 75 cases of the disease were reported in Juneau. ...

DECEMBER 29, 1892

A Christmas tree was held at the Opera House for all the children of Juneau and there were also trees at St. Ann's ...

NOVEMBER 7, 1945

The Territorial Museum has obtained a replica of the famous Sukheen of “Rain Wall” screen which is in the Whale ...

NOVEMBER 11, 1951

Juneau Memorial Library Dedicated: Fund raisers for a variety of public purposes have been among the undertakings ...

NOVEMBER 15, 1894

Winter and Pond, photographers, have returned after spending two months at the Chilkat villages where they took ...

NOVEMBER 18, 1899

Juneau possess an up-to-date fire engine which arrived on the steamer Al-ki. It is a hand engine manufactured by ...

NOVEMBER 22, 1930

Juneau’s second indoor miniature golf course has opened on the third floor of the Arctic Brotherhood Hall on Third ...

OCTOBER 3, 1934

Garbage dump to be moved says City Council.  Stench too close to Douglas Bridge. Lloyd H. (Kinky) Bayer Collection, ASL

OCTOBER 7, 1896

Mrs. R. W. Elliot has been succeeded by Mrs. W. T. Iliff as librarian at the Juneau Free Library and Reading Room ...

OCTOBER 26, 1898

The Juneau & Douglas Telephone Company has received a new and larger submarine cable, made by J. A. Roebling ...
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