A history of Galena,
since 1918
Postcards, papers and photographs of Galena from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Koyukon Athabascans had seasonal camps in the area and moved as the wild game migrated. In the summer many families floated on rafts to the Yukon River to fish for salmon. There were 12 summer fish camps located on the Yukon River between the Koyukuk River and the Nowitna River. Galena was established in 1920 near an Athabascan fish camp called Henry's Point. It became a supply and point for nearby lead ore mines that opened in 1918 and 1919, and from which Galena takes its name.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Galena’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
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Galena, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Alaska (1917) and it appears here side by side.
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