The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Man, woman and dog outside a small makeshift tent inside a building. Signs on the tent reads "Matanuska Chief"; "Duke's Home"; "And the Cat came back."
Verso: Duke Harris Tent in northern Saloon, Seward.
Title taken from caption on slide. "Drying ugruk skins and full seal oil pokes Yaiyuk Harris and wife Sishoalikroaq 1952." [The name Yaiyuk is also spelled Yiyuk in this collection. Ugruk means seal, probably bearded seal.]