- 1890

A census of the channel area showed that Juneau had a population of 1,253, plus an Indian population of 527. There were 378 houses in town. Douglas City’s population was 402, and this included the Treadwell mine. Of these, 356 were white. There were 122 houses in Douglas.

Douglas School, Alaska. Alaska State Library, ASL Place File Photos, ASL-Douglas-02, P01-2092.

The Douglas City School was built and began classes in late January. Daily mail service between Juneau and Douglas was established by early June. The 14-mile Treadwell Ditch was completed to bring water to Treadwell from streams as far away as upper Fish Creek on northern Douglas Island.

A road into Sheep Creek basin south of Juneau was completed to service the mines there.

The post office of Berners was opened to serve miners in the Berners Bay area.