- 1922

The first baby was born in the Governor’s Mansion September 7, a girl, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. John Ford Starr and the granddaughter of Governor and Mrs. Scott C. Bone. Governor Bone formally opened the first Southeastern Alaska Country Fair September 28 at the Arctic Brotherhood Hall.  It ran three days and featured concerts, dances, fashion shows and other entertainments.

The Ready Bullion Mine ceased operation December 20 after grinding up the last stockpiled ore, the end of the great Treadwell mine complex.

Four navigation lights to mark the course across Mendenhall Bar were installed in November. The Auke Lake Loop Road opened to complete a circuit of upper Mendenhall Valley to Auke Bay. The first airplane was shipped into Juneau and unloaded for demonstration flights before it then flew on to its final destination in Fairbanks.

Biggest snow slide in memory temporarily dammed Gold Creek May 15 in Last Chance Basin before breaking loose and roaring down to the channel carrying logs, a cabin and much debris.

A causeway 400 feet long was completed in September to connect Shrine Island, future site of the Shrine of Saint Thérèse, with the mainland. The work was done by volunteer labor from the local Federal Jail.

The first radio station, operated by the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company, began broadcasts from the company building on Front Street, starting November 22.  By December the station was broadcasting programs every evening, except Sundays, from 4 until 5 and again from 7:30 until 9. The programs consisted of vocal and instrumental music and short talks and the entire operation was in the nature of an experiment, according to the company.