1913 – The Cyanide Ball, the annual New Year’s Eve dance given by the men of the Treadwell cyanide plant, was without reservation the most brilliant affair of the season.The large rooms of the Treadwell Club took on the appearance of fairyland, with evergreens and subdued lights. The ball program, of 12 pages, each with a bit of verse and a suitable etching, told the whole story of the cyanide process. Special ferries carried people from Juneau to Treadwell for the ball and home again when the affair ended. Gastineau Bygones – 05/19/1978
1919 – To replace the trout previously planted but which were washed out by the Gold Creek flood last September, A. G. Sprague of the Alaska Fish & Game Club and other members of the club yesterday planted 20,000 Colorado Brook trout in the Boston Basin of Gold Creek. The trout were hatched and developed in the club’s experimental hatchery on Lower Front Street. Gastineau Bygones – 01/18/1980
1920 – Disastrous slide roars down Mt. Roberts stopping at South Franklin St. Three are killed, many are injured, and six buildings are destroyed. Juneau 1880 Centennial Calendar, Scott Foster, researcher/writer.
1930 – W.K. Keller, superintendent of public schools in Juneau, today announced that he will file for the office of Territorial Commissioner of Education in the next general election. Mr. Keller will run as an Independent, declining to run as a party candidate on the ground that it would tend to throw the Alaska school system squarely into partisan politics. Down through the Years Spring 1979
1942 – All Juneau fishermen and other owners of boats of more than five net tons have been requested by Frank Metcalf, Defense Director, to meet at the Deep Sea Fishermen’s union hall at 380 Franklin Street tonight to organize a Civilian Defense Marine Patrol. Gastineau Bygones – 03/21/1980
1948 – A log raft containing 250,000 board feet of timber broke up near Lena Point during the storm yesterday. It was being towed from Reid Logging Company camp at Eagle River to the Juneau Spruce Corporation sawmill in downtown Juneau. Gastineau Bygones – 10/10/1980
1964 – The Juneau city council tonight approved names for the two small boat harbors in Juneau, after the Juneau Yacht Club conducted a naming contest for the action. The ‘old boat harbor’ is now Harris Harbor, presumably in honor of Juneau co-founder Richard Harris. The ‘new’ or ‘boat harbor no. two’ is now to be called Aurora Harbor. Fifty four name entries were submitted for the contest. Daily Alaska Empire – 01/03/1964
1969 – Alaska-grown frozen peas will be introduced in Juneau area markets this week, Frank Murkowski, state commissioner of economic development, announced today. The peas were grown in a Matanuska Valley pilot project last summer, and 80,000 pounds were processed and frozen. Over 10,000 pounds remain unsold, which are now available to be introduced elsewhere in Alaska as a first step in creating a frozen vegetable industry in the state. The project was a combined effort of the state, private industry, and farmers. Southeast Alaska Empire – 01/03/1969
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