1923-24 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
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1923-24 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory
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Petersburg. Pop 879. A p o and town first settled in
1898, on Mitkoff Island and Wrangell Narrows, 105 miles se of Juneau, and 95
nw of Ketchikan. Mail and passenger steamers from Seattle every three or
four days in summer and once a week in winter. Has a bank, 7 general stores,
canneries, saw mill, machine shops, and ship ways, meat markets, hotels,
restaurants, a bakery, a drug store, two physicians, a dentist, a well
equipped hospital, etc. A weekly newspaper, The Petersburg Weekly Report.
Great quantities of fresh, salted and mild cured salmon are exported.
Petersburg is the gateway to the halibut fishing banks north and south and
is the headquarters for a large fleet of herring and halibut fishermen. Has
a public school. Express, Am Ry. U S Signal Corps and Wireless Station
connects with wireless and cable at Wrangell. Mail and passenger boat leaves
weekly for Kake, Tyee, Baronoff, Red Bluff Bay, Port Walter, Port Armstrong,
Port Conclusion, Pillar Bay, Washington Bay, Saginaw Bay. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES Abolin John logger Adams John lab Alaska Pacific Herring Co K L Steberg agt Allen Jas fox breeder Allen John C Allen Mary (Totem Pole) Allen Robt M mach Allen Saml carp Allison Saml carp Allison Andw fishermn Alvestad Carl fishermn Ames J E fox breeder Anderson Andw fur buyer Anderson Chas carp Anderson Chas G fishermn Anderson Hans fishermn Anderson J C wharfinger Arctic Blue Fox & Fur Co fox breeders Arctic Hotel (Carl Roger) Arness Conrad mach Arness Olaf logger Austin Carl D carp Baggen Edw fishermn Baker C M fox breeder Bakken Christ fishermn Bank of Petersbur J W Stoft pres Jacob Johnson v-pres T S Elsemore cashr Bender J R mgr Petersburg Mercantile Co Benjamin O fishermn Benjaminson Ole fishermn Benson Fred fishermn Benson Olrik fishermn Berg Ludwig C fish buyer Birdsell Chas R fishermn Borseth John fishermn Braafladt O A dentist Bradley J H agt Standard Oil Co Brennan Jas A soft drinks Bugge Hans fishermn Bukken Hans fishermn Burch Richd fishermn Byers Mary Mrs Cambas Bonapart V Campbell D I fox breeder Cherenoff Steve fishermn Christensen Xenia lino opr Petersburg Report Christopherson John fishermn Citizens Co-Operative Warf Co S L Hogue pres Chris Iveten sec-treas Citizens Steam Laundry R York mgr Claybell Martin Cleary Bros fox breeders Conclusion Island Fox Co fox breeders Cornelius L B mgr Hogue & Tveten Cornstead Peter fishermn Cornstead Peter R logger Dahl H A fox breeder Dahl M B (Swanson & Dahl) Dahl Ronwald fishermn Ecklund Andw fishermn Ekrem Ole fishermn Elsemore T S dep colr in chg U S Customs cashr Bank of Petersburg Enge M B fishermn Enge Rasmus (Enge & Peterson) moving picture theatre Enge & Peterson (Rasmus Enge Oscar Peterson) fox breeders Evens Martin carp Eyon John logger Frederickson Walter fishermn Frisyold Ole fishermn Fryer F (Fryer Machine Works) Fryer Machine Works (F Fryer) Garrison O A fishermn Gauffen John soft drinks Gauffen Saml fishermn Geindrad H P gas eng Gerde Andw fishermn Glacier Fish Co N Nelson mgr whol fish Goedek Frank prospector Granquist O W U S comnr Greenaa Chas (Sanitary Market) Haarberg Cato (Petersburg Meat Co) Hadland Seger clk Hadland Thos fishermn Hadland Toralph fishermn Hagen Con fishermn Hainzinger Geo meatctr Hallingstad Caspar fishermn Hallingstad Gertrude Mrs restr Hallingstad Jacob fishermn Hammer John Hansen Michl fishermn Hanseth John logger Hanseth Olaf logger Hanson John logger Haug Bert confr Hausness Lars fox breeder Helgeson Harry lab Helgeson Jos lab Helgeson Leo lab Hennas Delbert Hennas Hestness Knutte Hildebrand C J fox breeder Hofstad I M gen mdse Hofter Geo fishermn Hogue S L (Hogue & Tveten) pres Citizens Co-operative Wharf Co Hogue & Tveten (S L Hogue Chris Tveten) gen mdse Holm & Sutphen elec and plmbg supplies Howell Arthur Howell Noah Isaacson G M Israelson Andw carp Israelson John carp Israelson Louis J Jackson C W fox breeder Jacobsen Carl jeweler Jacobsen Oscar fishermn Jensen John fishermn Jensen Reinhart fishermn Jenseth Hans fishermn Johanson Sverre Johnson Andw millwright Johnson Arvid fishermn Johnson Conrad fishermn Johnson Ed wfishermn Johnson Esther W bakery Johnson Jacob v-pres Bank of Petersburg Johnson John A fishermn Johnson Louis lab Johnson Otto fishermn Jones A B phys Jorgenson P (Sanitary Market) Kinney Chas mach Klabo Martin fishermn Knutsen Bros (Peter and John) coopers Knutsen John (Knutsen Bros) Knutsen Peter (Knutsen Bros) Lando Chris fishermn Lando Thos H fishermn Lange Chris Larsen Carl fishermn Larson Eric A fox breeder Larson & Peterson fox breeders Lee Harold fishermn Lehner G A fox breeder Lero Severin fishermn Lersons Reinert fishermn Locken Edw agt Pacific Steamship Co Loseth John fishermn Lott Alfred fishermn Lott John fishermn Lund Peter P Lundgren & Benson fox breeders McBride J C logger McConnel Robt fishermn McDonald Gordon logger McLaughlin W W fox breeder MacGregor Neil dep U S Marshal MacKechnie J L dep supr U S Forest Service Mann Chas confr Markrud John barber Martin Matt fishermn Martin Olof K fox breeder Martin Peter O Martins Louis fishermn Martinson Nick fishermn Matenson Louis fishermn Mathis R C dentist Matisen Andw Matsen John fishermn Matson Hjalmar pntr Miller Edna tchr Miller Louis carp Miller Richd fishermn Missick M tlr Moe Ole fishermn Molver Danl fishermn Molver John fishermn Mork Andw fishermn Morrisey H fishermn Moyes M mach Moyes W P electn Myklebost A logger Nelson Geo barber Nelson N mgr Glacier Fish Co Nelson O H fishermn Ness Erick Nicholson Geo M Nicolayson J K carp Norberg Chas fishermn Noreid Anton fishermn Norman Wm fishermn Nygaard Olaf fishermn O'Dell Blanche (Totem Pole) Ohmer Elmer (Petersburg Shrimp Cannery) Oleson Carl fishermn Olson Chris fishermn Osten C D Otness Jacob postmaster Otness John fishermn Pacific Steamship Co Edw Locken agt Pacquette Guy fishermn Pacquette Roy fishermn Pacquette Verne fishermn Parks C O fishermn Parks J A fox breeder Pautzke Chas A barber Pederson A L fishermn Pederson E fishermn Pederson Peder fishermn Perkins M S editor Petersburg Weekly Report Petersburg Blue Fox Co fox breeders Petersburg Meat Co (Cato Haarberg) Petersburg Mercantile Co J R Bender mgr gen mdse Petersburg Packing Co E Schoenwald (Seattle) mgr Petersburg Shrimp Cannery (Elmer Ohmer) Petersburg Weekly Report M S Perkins editor-publr Peterson Hilmer fishermn Peterson Oscar (Enge & Peterson) Peterson Peter fishermn Pickernell Gus fishermn Preuschoff Edw fox breeder Preuschoff Frank fox breeder Rayner Frank (Star Bakery) Refsnes Jacob fishermn Reliable Transfer (Claude and Clifford Roundtree) expmn Richardson F fishermn Roach Frank R logger Robertson Robt fishermn Robinson & Johnson fox breeders Roger Carl (Arctic Hotel) Ronnae Hans logger Roundtree Claude (Reliable Transfer) Roundtree Clifford (Reliable Transfer) Rowley E O phys Royden Wm fishermn Runstad Hans fishermn Samuelson John carp San Juan Fox Co fox breeders Sandvik Nels fishermn Sanwick S fishermn Sanitary Market (P Jorgenson Chas Greenaa) meats Sathe Pter fishermn Schuck Chas plmbr Sesby John fishermn Sholberg John fishermn Sime Robt fishermn Sing Lee gen mdse Sjong Louis fishermn Sjursen Ole fishermn Slagen Peter carp Smith J S fishermn Sommer Peter fishermn Standard Oil Co J H Bradley agt Star Bakery (Frank Rayner) Steadman John Stegerg Knute real est Stedman Kenneth Stenslid Knute baker Stoft J W pres Bank of Ptersburg Stoft & Refling fox breeders Strand John fishermn Sukoi Island Fox Co fox breeders Sunde Julius Sutphen D E wharfinger Citizens Wharf Swansen Victor fishermn Swanson Algot fishermn Swanson Carl E (Swanson & Dahl) Swanson Jas fishermn Swanson & Dahl (C E Swanson M B Dahl) gen mdse Takase Y indy Tenfjord Olaf fishermn Thompson John mach Thompson Knute fishermn Thompson Richd fishermn Todahl Martin cigars Todal Eric fox breeder Totem Pole (Mary Allen Blanche O'Dell) confr Tovsen Harold fishermn Trading Union Inc gen mdse Tsutsue Thos restr Tveten Chris (Hogue & Tveten) sec-treas Citizens Co-operative Wharf Co Ursen Andw fishermn Walveck Edw blksmith Wanberg John fishermn West Chas A Wheeler Drug & Jewelry Co (Jas H Wheeler) Wheeler Jas H (Wheeler Drug & Jewelry Co) Wick Chris fishermn Wick Hans Wickan Andw fishermn Wood O E fishermn Woodward Louis expmn Worth Wm E York R mgr Citizens Steam Laundry Zahl Hans carp Extracted 01 Oct 2018 by Norma Hass from 1923-24 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory, R. L. Polk & Co., pages 366-371. |
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