Timeline

1990: More stores, ships as economy diversifies
1980: Building booms, capital celebrates
1970: Oil flows, Juneau grows amid capital move woes
1960: Juneau beats the capitol move, grows into government town
1950: The cold war chills Juneau; statehood warms it up
1950: Jukeboxes, out-of-town radio brought rock n' roll
1940: Years that changed Juneau forever
1930: Mining helped ease impacts of Depression
1930: 1935 miners' protest ends in riot
1930: Mining helped ease impacts of Depression
1920: A-J mine powered Juneau's economy
1918: 1918 sinking of Princess Sophia Southeast Alaska's worst maritime disaster
1910: Gold boom turns bust when war, Treadwell cave-in strike town
1910: Where hungry men are welcome: Restaurants catered to appetite, health
1900: Becoming the capital of the Last Frontier
1890: Some came to stay, and some moved on
1880: 1880 gold discovery creates town called Juneau
1880: Early Juneau life lacked medicine, insulation
1870: Juneau geography of 1870's vastly different from present day