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History of Juneau, Alaska:
From Before The Time Of European Settlement In The Americas, The Gastineau Channel Was A Favorite Fishing Ground For Local Tlingit But They Had No Permanent Settlement There.
In 1880, Sitka Mining Engineer George Pilz Offered A Reward To Any Local Chief Who Could Lead Him To Gold-bearing Ore. Chief Kowee Arrived With Some Ore And Prospectors Were Sent To Investigate. On Their First Trip, To Gold Creek, They Found Little Of Interest. However, At Chief Kowee's Urging, Pilz Sent Joe Juneau And Richard Harris Back To The Gastineau Channel. This Time They Went To Snow Slide Gulch, The Head Of Gold Creek, And Found Nuggets "as Large As Peas And Beans," In The Words Of Harris. On October 18, 1880, The Two Men Marked A 160 Acre (0.6 Kmē) Town Site Where Soon A Mining Camp Appeared. Within A Year The Camp Became A Small Town, The First To Be Founded After Alaska's Purchase By The United States.
At The Beginning, The Town Was Called Harrisburg After Richard Harris. Later It Was Called Rockwell. In 1881 The Miners Met And Renamed The Town Juneau, After Joe Juneau. In 1906, After The Decline Of The Whaling And Fur Trade, Sitka, The Capital Of Alaska, Declined In Importance And The Capital Was Moved To Juneau.
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