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Pioneers A-D

Most of the people listed were Sitka pioneers. Italicized names are publications or ships.

Book 1 = The Streets of Sitka, by Sitka Historical Society
Book 2 = Sixty Years in Sitka, by W. Leslie Yaw
Book 3 = Sitka, by Clarence L. Andrews

LAST NAMEFIRST NAMECOMMENTSBOOK AND PAGE
A’CourtCapt. A. HolmesOf H.M.S. Osprey arrives in Sitka HarborBook 3 Page 103, 104
AbramsKatherine DelaneyBook 3 Page 15, 35
AckermanD.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
AdamsMiss Laura F.Sheldon Jackson School supervisor of the girls hall, died 1943Book 2 Page 53-59
Admiral RogersPassenger freighterBook 2 Page 6, 51
Admiral Steamship LineBook 2 Page 51, 141
Admiralty IslandBook 2 Page 64, 141
AlaskaBook 3 Page 104
Alaska Commercial CompanyBook 3 Page 52, 97, 107
Alaska Commission of Education and Reindeer ServiceBook 2 Page 5
Alaska DayBook 2 Page 149-150
Alaska Lumber and Pulp MillBook 2 Page 142, 165
Alaska Music TrailBook 2 Page xiv, 139
Alaska Native BrotherhoodBook 2 Page 31-33, 149, 153
Alaska PresbyteryBook 2 Page 42-44, 47-49, 69, 79, 82, 93, 97
Alaska Times1st newspaper in TerritoryBook 3 Page 107
Alaska, University ofBook 2 Page 159
AlbertsonReubOn 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
AleksanderRussian ShipBook 3 Page 34
AlertAmerican Ship, Capt. EbbetsBook 3 Page 33
AleutiansBook 2 Page 86, 87, 89
Aleutkina BayBook 2 Page 13
Allen AuditoriumBook 2 Page 15, 19, 20, 24, 25, 31, 34, 48, 52, 107, 119, 134, 138, 139
AnchorageBook 2 Page 105, 149
Ancon1st tourist ship to visit Glacier Bay and Muir GlacierBook 3 Page 108
AndrewsC.L.Teacher and historian, author of The Story of Sitka and The Story of AlaskaBook 1
Book 2 Page 123, 150
AngolaAmerican SchoonerBook 3 Page 95
AngoonBook 2 Page 11/49, 92, 141
Anna JackmanBook 2 Page 49
AnnahootzChiefOf Kokwantans (Sitkas)Book 3 Page 23, photo 101a, 103, 105, 128
ArguelloDona Concepcion deBook 3 Page 41-42,
ArkhangelskyPaulineBook 3 Page 15
ArmstrongRolland RBook 2 Page 107
AshbyJoeBook 2 Page 146
AstorJohn JacobBook 3 Page 43
AtchisonJimBook 2 Page 146
AtkinsonHarrisSheldon Jackson School basketball playerBook 2 Page 30
AtkinsonRomeyBook 2 Page 127
Auke BayBook 2 Page 92, 93
AustinAlonzoFrom NY, taught in SitkaBook 2 Page xviii, Book 3 Page 15, 123,
AustinOlindaDtr of Alonzo, teacherBook 2 Page xviii, Book 3 Page 105
AvossA tender, 1st vessel built at SitkaBook 3 Page 54,
BacchusAmerican ship, to Sitka for cargo of iceBook 3 Page 86,
BagleySitka residentBook 1
BainesMaryBook 2 Page 124
BannerMr. and Mrs.Book 3 Page 89
BaranofAlexander AndreyevichManager for Russian-American Company from 1791-1818, founder of SitkaBook 1, Book 3 Page 29-35, 37, 43-50, 52, 56-58, 60, 70, 88
BaranofIrinaMarried Semyon Ivanovich YanovskyBook 3 Page 59
Baranof CastleBook 3 Page 50, 74-77, 116, 121
Baranof HillBook 3 Page 74
Baranof IslandBook 2 Page 103, 141, 166, Book 3 Page 16, 38
Baranof Street High SchoolBook 2 Page 153
Baranof Warm Springs BayBook 2 Page 166
Baranof’s BallBook 2 Page 149-150
BarberCapt. HenryBook 3 Page 33
BarlowHenriettaEpiscopalian missionary in Africa and SitkaBook 1
BaronovichBook 3 Page 98
BarronGeorgeJailer at SitkaBook 3 Page 14, 115,
Bassie, Mt.Book 2 Page 103
Beachcombed Saw MillBook 2 Page 58-59, 60-70, 79
BeamGeraldineBook 2 Page 134, 137
BeanEdOn 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
BearCutterBook 2 Page 129
Bear CoveBook 2 Page 103
BeardsleeCapt. Lester A.Commander of USS Jamestown, arrived June 14, 1879 to furnish protection and government to Sitka and southern AlaskaBook 1
Book 3 Page 104-105
BeaverShip of John Jacob AstorBook 3 Page 43
BebellBarbaraBook 2 Page 107
BeckGeorge HBook 2 Page v, 114
BeckGeorge JBook 2 Page 114
BelcherSir EdwardAccount of ball at CastleBook 3 Page 75,
BennettHarriettBook 2 Page 137
BensonEdwardSheldon Jackson School basketball playerBook 2 Page 30, 124
BentonAnna JohnsonLaura Adams died at her homeBook 2 Page 57
BerryM.P.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
BerryMatthew P.Book 3 Page 14, 112,
BeyerAnneBook 2 Page 25
Big Gavinski IslandBook 2 Page 93
Bikar’s StoreBook 1
BillmanEstherBook 2 Page 132-133, 153, 156-157
BilyArthur NBook 2 Page 97
Biorka IslandBook 2 Page 85
BirdW.A.Soldier implicated in robberBook 3 Page 100-101
Bishop’s HouseBook 2 Page 141
Blatchley Jr. High SchoolBook 2 Page 153
Bodega y QuadraJuan Francisco de lasSpanish navigatorBook 3 Page 24
Bolshanins, theBook 3 Page 91
BonnerEvelynBook 2 Page 123
BoothJackSheldon Jackson School basketball playerBook 2 Page 30
BoothRaySheldon Jackson School basketball playerBook 2 Page 30
Booth FisheriesBook 2 Page 37, 141
BopeRussell1934 Sheldon Jackson Basketball Team coachBook 2 Page 30
BorChristiaanBook 2 Page 141
BornovolokovIntended successor to BaranofBook 3 Page 56,
BorodinoRussian shipBook 3 Page 41,
BoydFredBook 2 Page 96
BradshawHowardBook 2 Page 105
BradyJohn GOn 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
BradyIsabellaBook 2 Page 160
BradyRev. John GTeacher, arrived in Sitka in 1878, He owned a store, sawmill, farm and hot springs. Served as Governor 1897-1906Book 1
Book 2 Page vii, viii, xix
Book 3 Page 14, 104, 112
Brady Historical ParkBook 2 Page 70
Brady log haulBook 2 Page 67-68
Brady SawmillBook 2 Page 64
BrownAlbertClass of 1929 – Sheldon Jackson SchoolBook 2 Page 14
BrownCapt.Of LydiaBook 3 Page 48,
BrownWEBook 2 Page 91
BuchananRobertBook 2 Page 11, 13-14
BurgAmosBook 2 Page v
CalderaSchoonerBook 3 Page 95
CaliforniaFor years the only Alaska tourist steamerBook 3 Page 103, 109,
CaluganLawrenceBook 2 Page 107
CalvinJackBook 2 Page v, 102, 150
CampbellAleneBook 2 Page v
CampbellIoneBook 2 Page v
CampbellJamesBook 2 Page 107
CaplinMr.TraderBook 3 Page 106
CaplinL.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
CarolineYankee merchant shipBook 3 Page 28,
CarrierCommanderBook 2 Page 89
CarteetiGeorgeSheldon Jackson School studentBook 2 Page 37
CarterCharles WBook 2 Page 104, 147
Cascade CreekBook 2 Page 120
Castle HillBook 2 Page xvii, 149
Centennial BuildingBook 2 Page 139-142
CharterisDr. WilliamSitka physicianBook 1
Chatham CanneryBook 2 Page 75
Chatham StraitsBook 2 Page 68, 92, 141, 166
CheerfulEnglish shipBook 3 Page 29,
ChenaBook 2 Page 104
ChichagofBest paying mine in USBook 3 Page 113-114, 133
Chichagof IslandBook 2 Page 23, 75, 99
Book 3 Page 25
ChichagovAdmiralBook 3 Page 52
ChilkatsBook 3 Page 100
ChirikovCapt. AlekseyFirst Russian to arrive in SitkaBook 3 Page 22, 25, 26,
ChistyakovPyotr YegorovichTerm as chief managerBook 3 Page 88,
ClarkRobertBook 2 Page 107
ClarkWilloughbyBook 3 Page 112,
ClevelandCapt. Richard J.Book 3 Page 27,
CockettAliceBook 2 Page 155
CohenA.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
CohenMiss P.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
CohenMiss H.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
CohenMr.BrewerBook 3 Page 105
ColchekaChiefChilkats chiefBook 3 Page 99-100
Columbia Lumber CompanyBook 2 Page 78
ConditDr. James HSupt of Sheldon Jackson CollegeBook 2 Pages xii, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 21, 31-33, 35, 36, 39, 43, 53, 115, 132
ConditMrs.Photo at Sheldon Jackson SchoolBook 2 Page 43
CongdonRagnaBook 2 Page 150
ConleyGeorgiaBook 2 Page 120-123
ConstantineRussian brigBook 3 Page 94, 95, 97
ConwayJJBook 2 Page 148-149
CookAaronBook 2 Page 135
CookCapt. JamesBook 3 Page 24, 26,
CookRichard G. Jr.Book 2 Page v
CoquitlamSteamerBook 3 Page photo 60a
CorcoranP.T.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
CoreyPeter LBook 2 Page v, 160
Cornell CollegeBook 2 Page 3-5
CowanLieut.Killing ofBook 3 Page 100
CraigBook 2 Page 11, 127
Crescent Boat HarborBook 2 Page 119, 142, 154
CrittendenEdwin BBook 2 Page 133
CrittendenR.D.Book 3 Page 112,
CropleyIkeBook 2 Page 127
CyanebrigBook 3 Page 91, 95, 96,
D’WolfCapt. JohnBook 3 Page 40
DahlMBHad cannery at Hood Bay on Admiralty IslandBook 2 Page 64
DakotaUS warship, 1st to bring touristsBook 3 Page 108,
DarrinDorothyLocal resident, has a street named after her.Book 1
DavidoffLt. GavrilRussian Naval OfficerBook 1
DavisCapt.Of IsabellaBook 3 Page 48,
DavisMrs. GeneralAttended handover of Alaska to the USBook 3 Page 91
DavisGeneral Jeff C.Army Officer in charge of the 9th Infantry in 1867 when Alaska was transferred to the USBook 1
Book 3 Page 92, 125
DavisNancyBook 2 Page v
DavisWilliamBook 2 Page v
Davis RoadBuilt by armyBook 3 Page 124,
De GraffTook 1887 photoBook 3 Page photo 120a
Deadman’s Reach Book 2 Page 92, 95
DeArmondRobert WLocal judge and postmasterBook 1
Deep Bay Book 2 Page 73
Book 3 Page 132
Deep Inlet Book 2 Page 65
Deep LakeBook 3 Page 14, 131,
DeGroffEdwardOn 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
DeGroffJudge EdwardMerchant, photographer, judge and operated the Chichagof Mine. Came to Sitka in 1880 and died in 1910Book 1
Book 3 Page 14, 114, 131
DelaneyArthur K.Book 3 Page 112
DelaneyJudge A.K.Book 3 Page 14
DelaneyKatherineBook 3 Page 15, 35
DelawareBarkBook 3 Page 97
DemmertEmbertBook 2 Page 135
DemmertHarveyBook 2 Page 127
DemmertLeeBook 2 Page 160
DemmertLillianBook 2 Page 107
DenepfelCapt. G.A.Book 3 Page 100-101
DennisFentonClass of 1929 – Sheldon Jackson SchoolBook 2 Page 14
DennisonColonel W.N.Book 3 Page 100-101
DespatchAmerican ship from BostonBook 3 Page 28
Devil’s ClubBook 3 Page 124
Diana1st Russian war sloop to reach SitkaBook 3 Page 47, 49
DidricksonHerbertSheldon Jackson School basketball playerBook 2 Page 29, 30
DietzAlBook 2 Page 151
DietzLillianBook 2 Page 151
DimitrievMinister of JusticeBook 3 Page 52
DiscoveryShip of Capt. CookBook 3 Page 24
DismangRubyBook 2 Page v
DixonAndrewSitka residentBook 1
DixonCapt. GeorgeBook 3 Page 25
DodgeMrs.Attended handover of Alaska to USBook 3 Page 91
DodgeWilliam SumnerFirst mayor of Sitka, and Collector of Customs, published Alaska TimesBook 1
Book 3 Page 93, 107
Dog CreekBook 2 Page 104, 107
DoigLaurence TSitka town elderBook 2 Page 46, 97, 103, 117, 121
DonnellyFlorenceSheldon Jackson School student, photoBook 2 Page v, 55, 57, 92, 127-128, 135
DonnellyHarold1934 Sheldon Jackson Basketball Team, Photo of home in SitkaBook 2 Page 30, 67
DonnellyHaroldBook 2 Page v, 30, 67, 92
DoroshinMr.Mining engineer sent out by RussiansBook 3 Page 112
DownerMabelBook 2 Page 123
DoyleEd.On 1880 Alaska censusBook 3 Page 104
DugganMr.Book 3 Page 110
DundasFrancis1934 Sheldon Jackson Basketball TeamBook 2 Page 30, 135
DurkeeJulieBook 2 Page 97

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