Biography - Benjamin Bullard

Benjamin Bullard, who was born in Michigan in 1848, grew up in California and engaged in mining there. He was said to have been a graduate civil and hydraulic engineer. Bullard came north to the Klondike in 1897 and after a few years at Dawson and Circle City moved to Juneau. In 1904 and 1905 he staked a number of placer claims on Mendenhall River, just below the glacier. In 1907 he began mining the hydro-electric power site on Nugget Creek and sold it to the Treadwell Mining Company. About 1916 he moved to Taku River and claimed a 148 acre homestead at what is now known as Bullard's Landing. He died on his homestead on May 22, 1933.

Bullard Mountain - on the mainland east of Mendenhall Glacier and north of Nugget Creek, approximately 10 miles northwest of Juneau. Elevation 4200 feet, was named for Benjamin Bullard.

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