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Island, 2 M. from Juneau. 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. The See also:

DISTRICT

district was called Juneau and the See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp Harrisburg by the first settlers; exploring See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

OFFICERS

officers named the camp Rockwell, in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

COMMANDER

Commander See also:

Charles See also:

Henry Rockwell, U.S.N. (b. 1840). 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. The town was incorporated in 1900. In See also:

OCTOBER

October 1906 the seat of See also:

government of Alaska was removed from See also:

SITKA (formerly New Archangel)

Sitka to Juneau.

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