Justin and MaGee - Colonial Americans » Joseph Justin (± 1875-????)

Personal data Joseph Justin 

• He was born about 1875 in Upper Nabesna Village, Chitina District, Territory of Alaska.Source 1
• Resident:
• in the year 1930: Chitina, Third Judicial District, Alaska Territory.Source 1
• in the year 1875: Upper Nabesna Village, Chitina District, Territory of Alaska.
• Census in the year 1930, Upper Nabesna Village, Chitina District, Territory of Alaska.
• A child of John Justin and Mary

Household of Joseph Justin

(1) He is married to Pauline.

They got married before 1924 at Upper Nabesna Village, Chitina District, Territory of Alaska.

Child(ren):

1. (Not public)
2. Susie Justin  1930-1949

Child(ren):

1. Joseph Justin  ± 1902-1951 

Notes about Joseph Justin

U.S. CENSUS 1930 CHITINA RECORDING DISTRICT ALASKA

UPPER NABESNA VILLAGE

JOHN JUSTIN 50 ATHABASCAM TINNEH
LUCY JUSTIN 40 SAME
JACK JUSTIN 22 SAME

JOSEPH JUSTIN 55 SAME
PAULINE JUSTIN 35 SAME
MARY JUSTIN 4.5 SAME
SUSIE JUSTIN 1.5 SAME
Northway Junction (Mile 1,264)-The dispersed community of Northway Junction (population 113, 70 percent native) is located around the highway’s junction with Northway Road, which heads south through swamp and lake country to the settlement of Northway (population 133, 64 percent native). About 1.5 miles further on is the traditional Athabascan community of Northway Village (population 123, 95 percent native), where residents practice a largely subsistence lifestyle, harvesting fish and game from the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and native lands. Highway services are available at Northway Junction. Northway is centered around the regional airport.
Historically occupied by Athabascan Indians, Northway was a staging area for operations in World War II. Most employed residents work in transport services, fire fighting, and construction. A drive down the road for a look about the Tetlin flats and Northway Village is an interesting diversion.

The History of Chitina
Chitina is located on the west bank of the Copper River at it confluence with the Chitina River, at mile 34 of the Edgerton Highway, 53 miles southeast of Copper Center. It lies outside the western boundary of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, 66 miles southeast of Glennallen. It lies at approximately 61° 31' N Latitude, 144° 26' W Longitude (Sec. 14, T004S, R005E, Copper River Meridian). The community is located in the Chitina Recording District. The area encompasses 29 sq. miles of land and 1 sq. miles of water.
Athabascan Indians have reportedly occupied this region for the last 5,000 to 7,000 years. Archaeological sites are located to the south and east of Chitina. Chitina was historically a large Native village whose population was slowly decimated by the influx of people, disease and conflicts. Rich copper deposits were discovered at the turn of the century along the northern flanks of the Chitina River valley, bringing a rush of prospectors and homesteaders to the area. The Copper River & Northwestern Railway enabled Chitina to develop into a thriving community by 1914. It had a general store, clothing store, meat market, stables, a tinsmith, five hotels, rooming houses, a pool hall, bars, restaurants, dance halls and a movie theater. Almost all of Chitina was owned by Otto Adrian Nelson, a surveying engineer for the Kennecott Mines. He supplied electric power to all structures with a unique hydroelectric system. After the mines closed in 1938, support activities moved to the Glennallen area, and Chitina became a virtual ghost town with only the Natives and a few non-Natives staying on.

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