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  Biographies in Brief

 

Below are a list of those individuals for whom you'll find biographical sketches at this site.  In one way or another, each person played a role in the development of Alaska.  This includes our early pioneers, those people who took part in the gold rush period, or just plain residents.  One way or another, these Alaskans helped build this Great Land into what she is today.  Families are listed on another page. 

Names are in alphabetical order by their surname.  Click on the emboldened name to access the page.

WHO THEY WERE

WHAT THEY DID
Davis, Brevet Major General Jefferson Clarke First (military) Governor of Alaska
Hopson, Eben Founder of the North Slope Borough and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Jackson, Reverend Sheldon Missionary and educator
McFarland, Amanda Missionary and educator