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.

JULY 5, 1888

The Fourth of July started off with a bang at sunrise when Dennis Foley fired a salute on the anvil in front of ...

JULY 10, 1923

Dynamite blasts were no novelty to residents of Gastineau Channel in the 1920s, but 21 blasts evenly spaced in ...

JULY 11, 1921

The steamer Islander, wrecked 20 years ago next month, has been located by Captain Frank Walters, deep sea diver. ...

JULY 12, 1894

The Auk crew which was defeated by the Chilkat crew in the Fourth of July canoe race challenged the Chilkats to ...
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