Description

In the NE section of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named for Frank Starr (1849-1898). Born in Maine, he came to Alaska in 1874, lived first in Sitka and moved to Juneau where he built the first wharf and did some mining. In 1888, he operated a salmon saltery at Whitewater Bay, and in 1896, he claimed a number of lots on Starr Hill (DeArmo nd, 1957, p. 41).

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