This Day in Juneau History

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JANUARY 1

1903 -   What is believed to have been the first football game in Alaska was played here this afternoon, under ...

JANUARY 2

1913 - The Cyanide Ball, the annual New Year’s Eve dance given by the men of the Treadwell cyanide plant, was ...

JANUARY 3

1905 - The beautiful new lodge building erected by Silver Bow Lodge No. 2, Improved Order of Oddfellows at Second ...

JANUARY 4

1894 - Superintendent Robert Duncan, Jr., of the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company has purchased from I. B. ...

JANUARY 5

1917 – The city purchases a new fire engine which is guaranteed to climb any hill while carrying 1500 feet of hose ...

JANUARY 6

1917 -The City Council last night acted on a request by Fire Chief Sim Freiman and voted unanimously to purchase ...

JANUARY 7

1914 - Juneau came out ahead by a 26-11 score in the first ever basketball game played by the Juneau and Douglas ...

JANUARY 8

1913 - Winter & Pond have just put in a stereopticon projector in the second story of their business house on ...

JANUARY 9

1914 - Although last season was disappointing because of the scarcity of salmon in this district, the capacity of ...

JANUARY 10

1882 – The name of the first post office on Gastineau Channel was changed from Harrisburgh to Juneau. Juneau 1980 ...

JANUARY 11

1908 - The 1887 Pioneers Association will hold its first regular meeting on January 28, it was announced today by ...

JANUARY 12

1914 - Through the efforts of William Britt, president of the local lodge, a reading room for members of the Sons ...

JANUARY 13

1880 – Commander L.A. Beardslee of the USS Jamestown names Lena Point for his captain’s wife.   Juneau 1980 ...

JANUARY 14

1909 - The long continued cold spell has sealed up the water courses on Douglas Island and the supply is low. ...

JANUARY 15

1887 – Juneau’s first paper “Alaska Free Press” is started. “Today in Alaskan History…”1909 - Andrew Merkel ...

JANUARY 16

1909 - The Howarth and Grinnell glove factory of Juneau has secured the services of Jesse Jacobsen, one of the ...
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Sources:  Digital Bob, a series of articles from columns Days of Yore, Gastineau By-gones, and News of the Gold Camp by Bob DeArmond on the history of the Gastineau Channel area (1881 – 1951) posted on the Juneau-Douglas City Museum webpage.

Down Through the Years, compiled by R.N. DeArmond, The Alaska Journal, various issues 1978 -79.  Items are cited as: Down Through the Years.

Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum website has two pages of local history articles and notes: History on the Channel, features monthly articles on local specific topics of Juneau area history, while  This month in Juneau History is very similar to this website’s page, featuring news articles by month over the span of printed Juneau newspaper history.

Juneau 1980 Centennial Calendar, Scott Foster, researcher/writer, 1980. A calendar with Juneau events from 1880 – 1980 published for the centennial of Juneau’s founding.  Items used are cited as Juneau 1980 Centennial Calendar.

Local Juneau area newspapers including the various iterations of the original Alaska Daily Empire aka Daily Alaska Empire and the Douglas Island News.  Digital versions of the Empire (1912 – 1952) and the Douglas Island News  aka Stroller’s Weekly (1898 – 1931) can be accessed in the Library of Congress newspaper project Chronicling America.  Later editions of the Empire and various other local papers can be viewed on microfilm at the Alaska State Library in Juneau. Items are cited per the newspaper source.

“Today in Alaskan History…” – a day-to-day reference to historic events. Compiled by The Alaskan Headliners – Micheal Sakarisa, Jeff Brown, Judy Hall. 1990. A book of headline events in Alaskan history, with Juneau items used on this page.  Items are cited as: “Today in Alaskan History…”