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We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we did.
Circle Mining
District Museum has kindly given us permission
NOTE: the
photos contained in some of the links are a large size.
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A group of
Athapaskan
Indians known
as
"Kutchin"
Some of the first
white men to come to the Central area In the early
1890's
Pitka Pavaloff and Sergai
Cherosky, William Greats
discovery of the
hot springs
in 1892 The area was first
settled around
Deadwood
in 1894.
Central
didn't
start as a town, it started as
Central
House. The Steese Highway was
built right over the trail and it People came here for
many reasons.
Trappers
for furs, The town got it's name
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Historical Photos May not be reproduced in any form without permission To view the
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Circle Hot Springs Hotel |
Cabbage patch at |
Cabin - circa 1920's |
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1953 - 1956 |
Circle Hot Springs |
Circle Hot Springs |
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Choate Collection |
Choate Collection |
Choate Collection |
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The 1st landing at Leech Field |
Circle Hot Springs & gardens |
Circle Hot Springs in 1924 |
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now Circle Hot Springs Airport |
circa 1920's |
cabin upper right is now #5 |
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Choate Collection |
Choate Collection |
Choate Collection |
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This trail is now the road from |
Bush comfort - old outhouse |
Central House |
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Central to Circle Hot Springs |
somewhere in Central area |
during 1948 flooding |
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Choate Collection |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
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Collection |
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Central House |
Central House |
Road Grader |
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during 1948 flooding |
during 1948 flooding |
near Central House |
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Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
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Collection |
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Rivard cabin in Central |
Old bathhouse at |
Circle Hot Springs pre 1930 |
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circa 1940's - 1950's |
Circle Hot Springs |
Hotel opened for business in 1930 |
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Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Ruth Olson Collection |
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Collection |
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Frank Leech with huge cabbage |
Birch Creek Bridge construction |
Two waitress posing in |
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from his garden |
between Central and Circle City |
front of Central House |
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Ruth Olson Collection |
Rasmussen-O'Leary-Warren |
Ruth Olson Collection |
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Circle Hot Springs Hotel |
Circle Hot Springs Hotel and |
Frank Leech's gardens at |
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circa 1950's |
greenhouse - circa 1935 |
Circle Hot Springs - circa 1935 |
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Ruth Olson Collection |
Ruth Olson Collection |
Ruth Olson Collection |
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Circle Hot Springs |
Central House and service buildings |
Central House as it is today. This is the |
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circa 1930's |
Trail will become Steese Highway |
2-story log building in photo to right. |
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Ruth Olson Collection |
Ruth Olson Collection |
courtesy of Mac & Linda Carter |
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Virtual Panorama
Old Cemetery |
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Photo by Mac &
Linda Carter -
Copyright © 2002 - All
rights reserved |
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The moose used
in the background was taken from a photo |
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Website designed
by
Karen
Hamilton
- Central, AK |