Everything about Joe Juneau Prospector totally explained
Joseph Juneau (
1836–
1899) was a
miner and
prospector from
Canada who was born in
Saint-Paul-l'Hermite, Quebec. He is most famous for co-founding, with
Richard Harris, the city of
Juneau, Alaska,
United States. The first major
gold discovery in Juneau or
Douglas Island (across from Juneau) was circa
1880. It has been the political capital of Alaska since
1906.
The town was originally called Harrisburg or Harrisburgh, and then Rockwell. Miners often called it "'Rockwell' also known as 'Harrisburg'" in their mining records. There was also a proposal to name the town Pilzburg for mining engineer
George Pilz. It didn't take up its current name until a miners' meeting on December 14,
1881. The name Juneau received 47 of the 72 votes cast while Harrisburg received 21 votes and Rockwell only 4.
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) Joe Juneau reportedly paid townsfolk to name the city in his honor.
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Joe Juneau traveled to
Dawson City, Yukon during the
Klondike Gold Rush of the
1890s. He usually spent gold as fast as he got it but at the end of his life he owned a small
restaurant in Dawson. Juneau died of
pneumonia in March, 1899 in Dawson. His body was brought back to the town that bears his name and was buried in the city's
Evergreen Cemetery on August 16, 1903.
His uncle was
Solomon Juneau who founded the city of
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
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