JUNEAU
, formerly See also:HARRISBURG, a See also:mining and trading See also:town picturesquely situated at the mouth of See also:Gold See also:Creek on the See also:continental See also:shore of Gastineau channel, See also:south-See also:east See also:Alaska, and the See also:capital of Alaska
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Pop
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(1900), 1864 (450 See also:Indians); (191o), 1644
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It has a See also:United States See also:custom-See also:house and See also:court-house
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The See also:city has fishing, manufacturing and trading interests, but its prosperity is chiefly due to the gold mines in the adjacent See also:Silver See also:Bow See also:basin, the source of Gold Creek, and the site of the See also:great Perseverance mine, and to those on the Treadwell lode on See also:Douglas See also:Island, 2 M. from Juneau
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Placer gold was found at the mouth of the creek in 1879, and the city was settled in 188o by two prospectors named See also:Joseph Juneau and See also:Richard See also:Harris
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The See also:district was called Juneau and the See also:camp Harrisburg by the first settlers; exploring See also:naval See also:officers named the camp Rockwell, in See also:honour of See also:Commander See also:Charles See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Rockwell, U.S.N
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(b
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1840)
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A town See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting then adopted the name of Juneau
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The town was incorporated in 1900
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In See also:October 1906 the seat of See also:government of Alaska was removed from See also:Sitka to Juneau
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