Our Juneau logo carries Alaska's distressed bear above "Est. 1959," the year of statehood — the shared retro emblem of our Alaska places, drawn in worn black-and-white like an old cannery crate stamp. The bear is the through-line that links Juneau to every other Alaska town we make; what makes this one Juneau is everything around it — the roadless capital, Kowee's creek, the drowned mine, and the ice.
Government arrived while the stamps were still falling. In 1906 the capital of the District of Alaska moved from Sitka — the old Russian capital — to booming Juneau; the Governor's Mansion rose in 1912, the first territorial legislature met here in 1913, and the marble-columned Capitol opened in 1931. When statehood came on January 3, 1959, Juneau became a state capital — still without a road to anywhere, a distinction it keeps on purpose and by geography alike.
Why People Visit Juneau Alaska
Juneau is the capital of Alaska as a civic destination and a wilderness port in one — the only U.S. state capital with no road access, the 1931 Capitol, a walk-to glacier, whales in the channel, and gold-rush ruins on the mountainside. People come by ship and plane for the ice and the whales, and find a small stubborn capital that likes being hard to reach.
