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Juneau is a fascinating city,
a capital isolated from the rest of its state.
Nestled between the base of Mount Juneau and the
Gastineu Channel, and set in the heart of the
Tongass National Forest, Juneau is an island of
civilization amidst a sea of wilderness.
The city of Juneau began as a mining
camp, established in 1880 by Richard Harris
and Joe Juneau. Following the advice of the
Tlingit natives in the area, the two
prospectors had made their way to Snow Slide
Gulch and discovered a wealth of gold
nuggets that were, in Harris' words, "as
large as peas and beans." Over the next
year, the camp grew into a small town as
more and more people arrived to seek their
fortunes. The town went through a variety of
names - first Harrisburg, and then Rockwell
- before the miners got together in 1881 and
settled on Juneau. Sitka, the original
capital of Alaska, went through a decline
around the turn of the century as the
whaling and fur industry diminished, and the
seat of Alaska's government was moved to
Juneau in 1906. |
