The State Capitol Building - Juneau, Alaska

Mt. Juneau in the background, Mt.Maria at the upper left of
the Capitol, the Juneau - Douglas City Museum on the left.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:19 a.m. ADT, July 4th, 2009, © 2009

Mt. Juneau from Evergreen Cemetery

Seatter St. is in the lower third of the picture with
the Serbian section of the cemetery visible by the street.

Seatter Street is named for Englishman John S. Seatter, who staked a placer mining claim in that area in 1895. The claim, which included a part of the present cemetery, was found by the land office to be non-mineral in character and Seatter homesteaded and farmed a portion of his original claim. Seatter died at Juneau in 1913.

From The Centennial Gazetteer, Published by the Gastineau Channel Centennial Association, 1979; which is an abridged and updated version edited by Sarah Eppenbach of Some Names Around Juneau, by Robert DeArmond; Published by the Sitka Printing Co., 1957.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:25 p.m. AST, February 22, 2010, © 2010

Douglas Island from Evergreen Cemetery

In center from left to right on Douglas Island:
Table Top Mtn., Saddle Mtn., and Mt. Anderson.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:30 p.m. AST, February 22, 2010, © 2010

Mt. Roberts from Evergreen Cemetery

Mt. Maria is on the left and Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts is the mostly level ridge at the skyline. The Cross is in the Catholic section of the cemetery with the top of Snowslide Gulch at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin visible above the top of it. The Mt. Roberts Tramway upper terminal platform is visible at the upper right. Evergreen Cemetery is located at the foot of Mt. Juneau and has close to 6,200 recorded burials.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:25 p.m. AST, February 22, 2010, © 2010

Lights of Juneau Lighting Snow on Mt. Roberts and Clouds

Picture by David Kent, 6:52 a.m. AST, January 12, 2010, © 2010

Returning from a Construction Job

Barge on Gastineau Channel with construction equipment
returning from a construction site in Southeastern Alaska.

Picture by David Kent, 4:09 p.m. ADT, April 1, 2009, © 2009

Dimond State Courthouse - Juneau

The Dimond State Courthouse - A.D. 1974, was named after Anthony Joseph Dimond: US Commissioner in Chisana, Alaska (1913-1914); Special Assistant US Attorney for the 3rd Judicial Division of Alaska in Valdez (1917); Mayor of Valdez (1920-1922, 1925-1932); Alaska Territorial Senate (1923–1926, 1929–1932); Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska Territory’s at-large congressional district from March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945; District Judge for the 3rd Division of Alaska (1945–1953); and a champion of statehood.

Main Street is in the foreground and 4th Street is on the left. The corner of the State Capitol is on the far left. In the distance to the right of the sloping glass roof of the Courthouse, the upper stories of the Baranof Hotel are visible and to the lower right of the Courthouse is the State of Alaska’s Community Building. Mt. Roberts is in the background. A reflection of the mountains on Douglas Island can be seen in the windows of the Courthouse.

Pictures by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 12:17 p.m. ADT, August 31, 2009, © 2009

Wildfire Smoke on the Afternoon of August 3rd

Not a cloud in the sky but smoke from wildfires in Canada filled the air. There were 60 wildfires in the southern Yukon and 120 in British Columbia, Canada on the day of the picture. Because of the smoke, an air quality advisory was issued by the State Department of Environmental Conservation at Noon, August 3rd. Smoke persisted to varying degrees until the evening of August 7th with the 3rd having the most smoke. Mt. Juneau on the left and Mt. Roberts on the right.

Picture by David Kent, 1:31 p.m. ADT, August 3, 2009, © 2009

Evergreen Bowl - Cope Park

The old - circa 1908? (now demolished) 8th Street Reservoir is at the bottom left; 7th Street and Chicken Ridge are on the middle left; the Andrew P. Hope Building and part of West Willoughby Avenue are at the far upper left; part of the Casey-Shattuck addition (”The Flats”) is at the upper right; Gold Creek and Mt. Juneau are on the right.

Evergreen Bowl was originally a patented mining claim, the Boston No. 2, U.S. Mineral Survey 926 located January 1, 1897 and patented January 18, 1917.

The Governor’s Mansion from the Mt. Roberts Tramway

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:24 a.m. ADT, May 20, 2009, © 2009