History of Treadwell

Named for John Treadwell, 1842-1927, one of the early miners in the Juneau area. He arrived in Juneau in 1881 and mined in the Gold Creek area. Later the same year he organized the Treadwell Gold Mining Co. In 1889 he sold his interests and left Alaska. Treadwell was a company town founded in 1881, incorporated in 1901, and disincorporated in 1912. The town had a population of and continued to decline as mining operations gradually stopped (DeArmond, 1957, p. 44-45).

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Places Near Treadwell

New Boston, Sikanasankian, Treadwell, Tsantikihin,

Gull City,

Cherokee Flats,

Evergreen Bowl, Last Chance Basin, Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Silverbow Basin, Upper Basin,

Admiralty Cove, Doty Cove, Green Cove, Oliver Inlet,

Ready Bullion Beach, Young Beach,

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Point Hilda, Icy Point, Norway Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Sunny Point, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point, Point Young,

Gastineau Channel,

Juneau,

Two Echo Cliffs,

Douglas Island Reservoir Dam, Nugget Creek Dam, Salmon Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,

Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Ptarmigan Glacier, Quartz Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall,

Court House Hill, Jamestown Hill, Starr Hill, Taku Hill,

Douglas Island, Juneau Island, Marmion Island,

Cropley Lake, Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek, Young Lake,

The Glory Hole, Lemon Creek Pit, Nugget Creek Mine, Treadwell Glory Hole,

Mount Anderson, Mount Ben Stewart, Mount Bradley, Bulger Hill, Bullard Mountain, Cairn Peak, Clark Peak, Deadview Peak, Eagle Peak, Gastineau Peak, Glacier Grub Tower, Groundhog Hill, Hawthorne Peak, Mount Juneau, Mount Maria, Martin Peak, Matin Peak, McDonough Peak, Middle Peak, Mineral Hill, North Nugget Spire, North Rhine Peak, Nugget Mountain, Observation Peak, Olds Mountain, Roberts Peak, Saddle Mountain, Scorpion Peak, Sheep Mountain, South Rhine Peak, Split Thumb, Stroller White Mountain, Table Top Mountain, Thoroughfare Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Topless Peak, Mount Troy, True Summit, Vesper Peak, West Peak, West Summit,

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park,

Igloo Pass,

Annex Ridge, Blackerby Ridge, Canyon Ridge, Chicken Ridge, Gold Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, The Horn, Juneau Ridge, Nugget Towers, Powerline Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, Salmon Creek Divide, Salmon Ridge, Sheep Creek Divide, Sol Thumb, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,

Salmon Fork,

Admiralty Creek, Arastra Creek, Bear Creek, Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bullion Creek, Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Cross Bay Creek, Dupont Creek, Eagle Creek, Fall Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Goat Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Fork, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Grindstone Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Hendrickson Creek, Hilda Creek, Ice Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Kowee Creek, Lawson Creek, Lemon Creek, Little Sheep Creek, Lurvey Creek, Neilson Creek, Nevada Creek, Ninemile Creek, Nugget Creek, Paris Creek, Ready Bullion Creek, Rhine Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sheep Creek, Sheep Fork, Snowslide Creek, Steep Creek, Stink Creek, Switzer Creek, Vista Creek,

Marmion Island Trail, Lemon Creek Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Moller Ski Trail, Mount Roberts Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, Perserverance Trail, Point Bishop - Dupont Trail, West Glacier Trail, Young Lake Trail,

Arctic Gulch, Crooked Gulch, Death Valley, Dix Gulch, Geary Gulch, Glacier Basin, Gold Creek Valley, Goldstein Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hardscrabble Gulch, Icy Gulch, Impregnable Basin, Lurvey Basin, Marmot Valley, Nugget Gulch, Prospect Gulch, Quartz Gulch (historical), Roberts Gulch, Sheep Creek Basin, Snowslide Gulch, Specimen Creek, Spring Gulch, Timber Gulch,

Douglas, Lemon Creek, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Starr Hill, Thane, Vanderbilt Hill, West Juneau,

Alaska Chief Falls, Ebner Falls, Grindstone Falls, Lost Rocker Falls, Suicide Falls,