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Property Examination Report Mt Parker (Leroy) Mine 1954 Glacier Bay.
- Date: 04/1954
- Description: Report by Phil Holdsworth, Juneau Commissioner of Mines with results of sampled ore values. Some commercial grade gold located with questions of continuity of veins. Leslie Parker sold LeRoy mine operation to Bert & Jennie Parker in 1950 for $10. Renamed the Mt. Parker Mine.
- Source: Ak. Dept. Of Mines
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20254
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13th Census Of United States; Parker Family, Skaguay, Alaska.
- Date: 01/26/1910
- Description: Dept. of Commerce & Labor Bureau of the Census, 13th census of the United States of the Skaguay population. Abraham Lincoln Parker family residing on 13th street on river's edge. 6 living children ages 1 to 16. One child (10 day old female) deceased & buried in Atlin, Canada.
- Source: U. S. Government
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20253
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Newspaper Announcement Gustavus Grown Parker Beef; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/01/1935
- Description: Abraham Linclon Parker & sons meat counter operation in partnership with the already established Corner Market Grocery on Willoughby Avenue in Juneau. Featuring Parker's own locally Gustavus grown & raised tender baby steer beef as well as Gustavus' "wild cattle".
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20234
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Parker's Beef Display Ad 1 Week After Grand Opening; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/09/1935
- Description: Newspaper ad thanking Juneau for successful grand opening & promoting Parker's Gustavus "grown & fattened" exceptional quality beef "with no middleman costs". "Butch" Cornforth, local butcher behind counter operation. Meat transported Gustavus to Juneau by Parker "Edith A" boat.
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20233
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1916 Marriage Announcement Inez "May" Parker & William "Bill" White
- Date: 09/29/1916
- Description: Announcement of the "ring ceremony" marriage of Abraham & Edith Parker's daughter Inez "May" to William C. White, machinest from Thane, Alaska. Event & dinner held in A.L. Parker's Douglas, Alaska home 1 yr. before moving his family (1917) to Strawberry Point to homestead.
- Source: Douglas Island News
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20229
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George Bush Letter To Charles Parker Re: Gustavus, Alaska Airport.
- Date: 02/19/1954
- Description: Letter from Brigadier General, Chief of Staff George E. Bush in reply to Charles L. Parker's Jan. 13, 1954 inquiry re: property needed involving Gustavus airport. Airport declared excess to military requirements in 1947 & now under control of Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
- Source: Charles Lincoln Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20228
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Christmas Program 1938 Gustavus, Alaska Community & School.
- Date: 12/1938
- Description: Opening song in 1938 program performed at the Gustavus Schoolhouse was "The Star Spangled Banner". Also sung "Old Santa Clause" (tune of Yankee Doodle), Jingle Bells, etc. Please click on "Fact Of The Matter" December 2006 for complete list of participants and story.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20227
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Short Story By Homesteader Ruth Matson: A Vacation Gone Wrong!
- Date: 1940 - 1949
- Description: Wonderful account of Ruth talking to her cabbage patch to make it grow and Fred Matson declaring a holiday to Juneau to celebrate their anniversary. Anticipated delights trumped by engine trouble, drifting in Icy Straits, a rigged contraption "cure" & bailing for all they were worth!
- Source: Fred & Ruth Matson
- Collection: Aimee Youman
- Reference#: 20226
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Location Notice "Dude" Claim by Leslie F. Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 09/28/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Dude" discovered by Leslie "Les" Parker Sept. 28, 1937. Witnessed by Abraham Lincoln Parker & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20224
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Location "War Horse" Abraham Lincoln Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 09/28/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "War Horse" claim by Abraham Lincoln Parker Sept. 28, 1937. Witnessed by son Leslie "Les" Parker & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20223
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Location Notice "Big Thing" Leslie F. Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 10/04/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Big Thing" discovered by Leslie "Les" Parker Oct. 4, 1937. Witnessed by Abraham Lincoln Parker & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20222
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Notice Location "Heap Skookum" Leslie F. Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 10/01/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Heap Skookum" discovered by Leslie "Les" Parker Oct. 1, 1937. Witnessed by Abraham Lincoln Parker & recorded Juneau Mining District Dec. 6, 1937.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20221
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Location "Last Chance" Abraham Lincoln Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 10/01/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Last Chance" discovered, & located by Abraham Lincoln Parker. Witnessed by son Leslie "Les" Parker & recorded in Juneau, Territory of Alaska Dec. 6, 1937.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20220
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Location "White Eagle" Abraham Lincoln Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.
- Date: 10/02/1937
- Description: First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. Discovered & Located by Abraham Lincoln Parker Oct. 2, 1937. Witnessed by son Leslie "Les" Parker, & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.
- Source: GHAA
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20219
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