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Excutive mansion and Governor’s residence, Juneau, Alaska. Alaska State Library, William Norton Photo Collection, Case, W. H. (William Howard), P226-175.

September 8 marks the day that the seat of government officially moved from Sitka to Juneau, when the governor’s office records and 3,000 books of the Alaska Historical Library arrived on the mailboat Georgia. The Governor of Alaska Wilford B. Hoggatt, a Juneau man appointed May 1 to fill the office after former Governor John Brady resigned early in the year, rented a small office building and residence on Main Street to relocate the capital   . Relocation of the Land Office to Juneau in October, completed the transfer of federal agencies, making it Alaska’s first and only capital move (so far…) .

Congress passed the first general election law May 8 for the District of Alaska, which allowed for a non-voting delegate to Congress. Congress also passed the Alaska Native Allotment Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to allot 160 acres to Alaska Natives. The land would be inalienable and non-taxable. Administrative interpretations of the law, however, would limit the number of Natives qualifying for the land for nearly three-quarters of a century.

A two-mile long ice surge from Taku Glacier filled the inlet with ice and debris, not for the first time, but notable in its extent.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen visited Juneau September 29 after a three-year voyage to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage, the first expedition to do so.  Arriving to Juneau later after the historic voyage, he was greeted by the mayor and other prominent citizens and shown the sights, including a tour of the Treadwell mine by Superintendent Kinzie.