The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. (Jeremiah 31:3, ESV)
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The Juneau Federal Building and Post Office
The building was officially re-named on May 13, 1999 as the Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building after the man who was the federal government’s civil engineer in charge of construction. Ground breaking ceremonies were held July 8, 1963 at the site of the former Fireman’s Park [...]
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Parking Garage at Telephone Hill Under Construction
From left to right: Telephone Hill, Court Plaza Building on Main St., Parking Garage with the mechanical penthouse of the Dimond Courthouse on 4th St. showing above, Goldstein Building on 2nd Street, Miner’s Mercantile Building - 225 Front St. (Lyle’s Hardware and Furniture from 1956 into [...]
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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 [...]
Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773 & Jan. 19, 2010
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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 [...]
