West Coast Gazetteer &
Directory ~ Fort Tongass
to St. Paul, Alaska Territory
Fort Tongass
Martin A, general merchandise
Fort
Wrangel P O
Brown C, general merchandise
Costello M, general
merchandise
Healy P, general merchandise
Lear W K, general merchandise
Ludecker E, bakery
Lew B. general merchandise
Lual I, fishing
McCully T, cooper
McKinnon D, general
merchandise
Northrop O F, general
merchandise
Oakford J S, US deputy
collector customs
Reed W F, general merchandise
Woodcock W H, restaurant
Young S H Rev, in charge
Presbyterian Mission
Young S K Mrs., postmistress
Juneau P O
address, Harrisburgh, situated on the mainland opposite
Douglas Island, is a flourishing town of about 300
inhabitants.
In the vicinity are gold
quartz and placer mines, which are at present attracting
considerable attention. Excellent prospects have been
obtained, and machinery is being introduced to
thoroughly test the extent and quality of the ore. In
addition to mining, the principal pursuits carried on in
this section are fishing and hunting. Communication is
maintained with Victoria, Puget Sound, Portland, and San
Francisco by steamer.
Alaska Trading and Lumber Co,
lumber dealers
Cohen J, liquor saloon
Corcoran P, general
merchandise
Curry J. liquor saloon
De Groff Edward, postmaster
Erussard & Rudkin, general
merchandise
Mahony F, general merchandise
Martin I, general merchandise
Newcomer William, liquor
saloon
Northwest Trading Co, general
merchandise
Reed general merchandise
Schmeig F, druggist
Twan J, liquor saloon
Klawack
Sisson, Crocker tic Co,
salmon cannery
Kodiak
Alaska Commercial Co, furs
American-Russian Commercial
Co, N Payoff agent, furs and ice
Barry _____, U S deputy
collector customs
Fisher William J, tidal
observer U S Coast Survey Service
Shirpser D & Co, general
merchandise
Smith, Hirsch & Co, salmon
cannery
Western Fur and Trading Co,
furs
Ounalaska
Alaska Commercial Co, furs
Applegate Samuel, observer US
Signal Service
Smith Fred M Jr, US deputy
collector customs
Western Fur and Trading Co,
furs
Shican P O
Is situated on Prince of
Wales Island. In the vicinity are good timber lands.
Alaska Trading and Lumber Co,
general merchandise and manufacturers lumber
Sprague Ira B, postmaster
Sitka PO
The capital of the Territory,
is situated on an island in the Bay of Sitka, about
1,500 miles north of San Francisco, with which it is
connected by steamer. It is the largest town in Alaska
and has a good and commodious harbor.
Burns F, liquor saloon
Caplan L, general merchandise
Corcoran F, general
merchandise
Goldstein S, general
merchandise
Haltern Thomas, general
merchandise
Richter H W, groceries
Whitford A T & Co, general
merchandise
St George
Island
Alaska Commercial Co, furs
Moulton J H, U S special
treasury agent
Wardman George, U S special
treasury agent
St
Michaels
Alaska Commercial Co, furs
Leavitt A P, observer U S
Signal Service
Western Fur and Trading Co,
furs
St
Paul
Is a fishing station,
situated on Kodiak Island
Alaska Commercial Co, furs
Glidden H A, U S special
treasury agent, in charge
Kimmel Louis, US special
treasury agent
West Coast Gazetteer
Source: Source: Disturnell's
Business Directory and Gazetteer, of the West Coast of
North America, W. C. Disturnell, Publisher, San
Francisco, California, 1882
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