Biography - Frank Starr

Frank Starr, an early resident of the area. Starr was born in Maine about 1849, served in the Civil War and came north to the Cassiar in 1874. In 1879 he moved to Sitka where the census of 1880 listed him as a carpenter and builder. Early in 1881 Starr moved to Juneau and staked claims at Silver Bow Basin and worked them. He built the first wharf at Juneau, near the present Juneau Cold Storage, and the first wharf at Treadwell. About 1883 he went to Killisnoo to do construction work for the Northwest Trading Company, and the following year he staked a coal claim on Admiralty Island. In 1888 he was operating a salmon saltery at Whitewater Bay on Chicagof Island. He returned to Juneau and in 1896 claimed a number of lots on Starr Hill. Starr was described as a man with great physical strength but he took ill and died at Juneau on November 5, 1898.

Starr Hill - a residential area on the northeastern part of Juneau, was named for Frank Starr.

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