1915-16 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
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1915-16 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
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Wrangell. Pop 1,000. Situated on Wrangell Island, in Etolin
Bay, 8 miles s of the mouth of the Stikine River, 120 se of Juneau, and 78
nw of Ketchikan, on the steamboat and mail route between Seattle and
Skagway. Established by the Russians in 1800, headquarters for Cassiar
miners since the boom of 1873, and for all transportation on Stikine River
by steamers and canoes. Celebrated for scenery, fishing and hunting. Local
information for sportsmen, and in regard to famous big game hunting grounds
on the Stikine furnished free by F Matheson, merchant and forwarding agent.
The principal industries are lumbering, fishing, mining and furs. Usual
banking point Seattle. Nearest bank, Petersburg. There are 3 churches, 2
schools, hospital, court house, custom house, bonded warehouse, electric
light plant, sawmill, canneries, shingle mill, volunteer fire department, 6
general stores, large modern hotel, cable office, U S wireless office,
weekly newspaper, U S court commissioner, deputy U S marshal and deputy
customs collector. John E Worden, P M. City Officials Mayor – John G Grant Councilmen – John G Grant, Chas Bryant, C A Emery, Leo C Patenaude, Arnt Sorseet, Frank Spalding, Nollie M Tate Alphabetical List of Names Adams John, barber Alaska Fisheries Commission, Fred H Gray and Reginald F Irwin wardens Alaska Garnet Mining & Mnfg Co, Anna E Durkee sec-mgr Alaska Packers Assn, Louis Schott supt Alaska Sanitary Packing Co, Ora A Brown mgr Alaska Steamship Co, St Michael Trading Co agts (See left top, left side and right bottom lines and pp 96-97) Amundson Fred, fisherman Arctic Brotherhood, Camp Wrangell No 28, meets Wednesdays 8 p m, S E Shurick recorder Bahovec Fred, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Barthold Fred, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Bender John R (Wrangell Photo Show), clk St Michael Trading Co Benjamin Chas O, groceries, hardware, paints, sporting goods, guns and ammunition, Ansco photo supplies, clothing and men's furnishings Berg Ludwig, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Berger Wm, logger Bihler Mary L, tchr Wrangell Public School Bjorge John G, mgr Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co Borch Chas H, saloon Border Line Transportation Co, St Michael Trading Co agts Bromley Walter, cook Str Alaska Bronson Fredk E, dep colr U S Customs Bronson Margaret, bkpr F Matheson Brown John, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Brown Ora A, mgr Alaska Sanitary Packing Co Brown Ralph, edgerman Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Bryant Chas, carp, councilman Bryant C H, trapper Campbell ernest M, clk F Matheson Campbell Hiram D, carp Campbell Leonard, clk St Michael Trading Co Captain Jinks Co, gen mdse Card Geo W, logger Carlson Guy V, miner Carlson Oscar, carp Carlstrom Elmer F (Thlinget Trading Co) Case Lawrence, pressman Wrangell Sentinel Case Thos, confr Chamber of Commerce, Leo McCormack sec Choquette Fredk, fisherman Choquette John, fisherman Chung Chas S, grocer Churchill Frank, capt Str Clatawa Churchill L N, water supervisor City Clerk, Paul F Stanhope City Meat Market (Cassius M Coulter) wholesale and retail dealer in fresh and salt meats, fish and game in season Clark J S Rev (Presbyterian Church) Cole J N, tinner St Michael Trading Co Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing CO, John G Bjorge mgr Cooper Jas W, brtndr J G Grant Coroner, Wm G Thomas Corser Harry P Rev (St Phillips Episcopal Church) Coulter Cassius M (City Meat Market) Coulter Frank L, eng Coulter Harry R, eng Str Clatawa Coutts Wm, eng Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Crawford M S, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Cunningham Saml S (Cunningham & Sorset) Cunningham & Sorset (Saml S Cunningham, Arnt Sorset), saloon Dalgity Thos, guard U S jail Darwell Chas, fish buyer Denningburg Henry, eng, r Wrangell Hotel Drowatsky Dora, tchr Wrangell Public School Durkee Anna E, sec-mgr Alaska Garnet Mining & Mnfg Co Eastman Harry B, shoemkr Eastman Kodak Co, F Matheson agt Emery Chas A, dental surgeon, Councilman Engstrom Adolph, groceries, hardward, clothing, men's furnishings, phonographs and records, general merchandise Engstrom Adolph jr, clk Adolph Engstrom Evans J E, filer Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Farrer Frank, master mariner Feaks Fred, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Ferguson Thos, fisherman Fletcher Wm, boat bldr Follansbee Chas, cigars and tobacco wholesale and retail, fishing tackle, barber shop and baths Freeman R H, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Gartley Harry W, pres Willson & Sylvester Mill Co, clk F Matheson Gil Nicholas, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Gingrass Frank E (Wrangell Machine Shop) Goodrich Frank M, planerman Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Grant B Y, clk Donald Sinclair Grant John G (Wrangell Hotel), mayor of Wrangell (see p 572) Gray Fred H, warden Alaska Fisheries Comn Hankins Howard C, master mariner Harris C C, supt St Anna Cannery Haskin Geo W, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Haskin Geo W jr, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Haught Philip, fisherman Healey Maurice, fur buyer Heinbockle Henry, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Hill Benj F, opr U S Cable Office Hofstad Edwin, capt U S S Osprey Hofstad Morten, general merchandise and fishermen's supplies Hogstram Joh, miner Holenbeack Hazel, comp Wrangell Sentinel Hood Wm, cigars Horgheim Lawrence, whsmn St Michael Trading Co Dock Howard Richard, logger Hull Henry, lab Humboldt Steamship Co, St Michael Trading Co agts Independent Order of Redmen, Stikine Tribe No 5, M L Churchill chief of records Irwin Reginald F, warden Alaska Fisheries Comn, r Wrangell Hotel Jackson Chas N, fisherman Jackvitz Adolph, fisherman James Harry, carp Wm Fletcher Jernigan Lee H, acct Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co Johnansen Krist J, eng Johnson Edwd, lab c Johnson John C, lighthouse kpr Johnson M O, sawyer Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Johnson Ole, bldg. contr Johnston David, wood dlr Johnston Fred S, jeweler Jule J M, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Kalckbrenner C J, barber Kalkins A J, fireman Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Katzenmeyer M (Wrangell Machine Shop) Kronmier Robt, fisherman La Bounty Geo C, clk F Matheson Larsen Christian, lab Larsen Louis, trapper Lee Albert, master mariner Lee K S, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Lemieux Antime, saloon Leonard Fred B (Wrangell Steam Laundry) Lewis Fred, fish buyer Lewis Wm, lab Lewis Wm H, moving pictures Lillian Nels A, blksmth Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Linderman E Mrs, housekpr Wrangell Hotel Lindskog Nels, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Lloyd Wm E, fisherman Loftus Patk, bakery Lowrey Isaac E (Lowrey & Woodridge) Lowrey & Woodridge (Isaace E Lowrey, Walter F Woodridge), marble wks Lucas W A, carp Lynch Chas, brtndr J G Grant Lynch Edwd P, clk Wrangell Hotel Lynch Eleanor, waiter Wrangell Hotel McCormack Leo, agt Wells Fargo & Co, Express and Standard Oil Co, Sec Chamber of Commerce McCormack Peter C (St Michael Trading Co- McDonald Lewis J, logger McDonald Loretta, bkpr St Micael Trading Co Dock McGregor W P, cook McKay Robt, logger McKinney Marion, sawyer Wrangell Shingle Co McLean Geo, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co McNurney Michl A, opr in charge U S Cable office McTague John (Wrangell Meat Market) (See p 572) Mantel John, cooper Marshall Melville, fireman Mason Julius, gas engineer Matheson F, department store, general merchant and forwarding agt, dealer in trappers and loggers supplies, photo sundries, jewelry and curios, sec Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Mayor of Wrangell, john G Grant Meek Geo, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Moore Chas, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Moore Elsie, wkr Wrangell Steam Laundry Morikawa Frank K, restaurant Mukai H, restaurant Murray Frank P, master mariner Myers A M, sawyer Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Nelson Chas, lab Nore Nels, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Northrop Geo, eng Str Alaska Nussbaumer Nicholas, millwright Olsen Alfred, fisherman Osborn Albert (Wrangell Dairy) Owens Paul, boat bldr Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Pacific Coast Steamship Co, St Michael Trading Co agts Palmer Orville C (Wrangell Electric Light & Power Co) Palmer, Merlin, elec Wrangell Electric Light & Power Co Parrott Walter E, gardener Patenaude Leo C, councilman Paul Louis, fireman Str Alaskan Perchment Wm, carp Phillips Harry, planerman Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Pigg Wm J, phys in charge Wrangell Hospital Presbyterian Church (Rev J S Clark) Prescott E J, setter Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Pritchett Kate, tchr Wrangell Public School Purinton Fred, eng Reade Wm W, boat bldr Rice Chas, Lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Ronning Jorgen, miner Ronning Nels, watchman Rossini Brando, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Royalty Gale, fisherman Royalty Wm T, fisherman Saffron Frank, fireman Willson & Sylvester Mill Co St Anna Cannery, C C Harris supt, fish pkrs St Leo's Catholic Church (Rev A Sweeve) St Michael Trading Co (Peter C McCormack), agents Alaska Steamship Co, Border Line Transportation Co, Pacific Coast Steamship Co, and Humboldt Steamship Co, general merchants and forwarders (See adv) St Michael Trading Co Dock (Peter C McCormack), Leo McCormack Wharfinger St Phillips Episcopal Church (Rev Harry P Corser) St Phillips Gymnasium, Rev Harry P Corser in charge St Phillips Native Guild, Deaconess Ella L Wood in charge Salvation Army Barracks, R Smith capt Schleppi Peter, carp Schott Louis, supt Alaska Packers Assn Schuler John, plumber Shadesty Walter, eng Str Alaskan Shurick Shelby C, phys Sinclair Donald, gen mdse Sinclair Wallace, clk Donald Sinclair Skelton Geo F, brtndr Antime Lemieux Smith Frank, mgr Wrangell Shingle Co Smith R, capt Salvation Army Barracks Sorset Arnt (Cunningham & Sorset), councilman Spader Albert T, hunter Spalding Frank, trapper, councilman Spencer Ernest, tailor Stackpole Fredk R, eng Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Standard Oil Co, Leo McCormack agt Stanhope Paul F, publisher Wrangell Sentinel, city clerk Steadman John W, with St Michael Trading Co Stevenson Alec, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Stewart Frank J, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Stokell Carl, musician Storch John G, brtndr Chas Borch Surkoff John, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Sweeve Rev A (St Leo's Catholic Church) Taarvig Christ, fisherman Tamaree Thos, boom man Tantow Herman, logger Tate Nollie M, painter, councilman Taylor Nellie M, tchr U S Public School for Natives Taylor Wm, eng Thlinget Trading Co (Elmer F Carlstrom), general merchandise Thomas, Wm G, U S Commissioner, Recorder and Justice of the Peace, Lawyer, Fire and Marine Insurance Trotman Edwd, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Twombly Chas, boom man Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Uhler Ida (wid Henry) Uhler Marguerite, tchr U S Army Signal Corps U S Cable Office, Michael A McNurney opr in charge U S Commissioner, Wm G Thomas U S Customs, Fredk E Bronson dep colr U S Marshal, Harry Wallace deputy U S Public School for Natives, Nellie M Taylor tchr Vogue Arthur, lab Wrangell Steam Laundry Vreatt Alex, mining Wallace Harry J, deputy U S marshal Waterbury Arthur, lab Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Waters Walter C, miner Wells Fargo & Co Express, Leo McCormack agt Wheeler Jas H (Wrangell Drug Co) Wiggs Fredk, wood dlr Willson Fred S, v-pres-treas Willson & Sylvester Mill Co Willson & Sylvester Mill Co, H W Gartley pres, F S Willson V-pres-treas, F Matheson sec, lumbermnfrs Wing David L, clk C O Benjamin Woodridge Walter F (Lowrey & Woodridge) Worden John E, phtgr, postmaster and notary public Worden Lynn T, asst postmaster Worden Nina S Mrs, music tchr Wrangell Dairy (albert Osborn) Wrangell Drug Co (Jas H Wheeler) Wrangell Electric Light & Power Co (Orville C Palmer), electric fixtures and supplies Wrangell Hospital, Wm J Pigg phys in charge Wrangell Hotel (John G Grant), the best accommodation in southeast Alaska, bar and billiard hall in connection (See adv) Wrangell Machine Shop (M Katzenmeyer, Frank E Gingrass), machinists Wrangell Meat Market (John McTague), dealer in fresh and salt meats, game, fish, vegetables and fruit in season (See adv) Wrangell Photo Show (J R Bender) Wrangell Public School, Hiram D Campbell director, F Matheson clerk, Edwin Hofstad treas Wrangell Sentinel (weekly), P F Stanhope publr Wrangell Shingle Co, Frank Smith mgr Wrangell Steam Loundry (Fred B Leonard) Extracted 02 Oct 2018 by Norma Hass from 1915-16 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory, R. L. Polk & Co., pages 565-573. |
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