Alaska Gazetteer
Stroller White Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Stroller White Mountain places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Stroller White Mountain |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | On west side of Mendenhall Glacier, 3 mi. NW of Mendenhall Lake and 13 mi NW of Juneau; Coast Mountains. |
| History: | Named in 1931 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)for Elmer John (Stroller) White, 1859-1930, a Douglas and Juneau newspaper publisher, who was born in Ohio. He went to Alaska in 1898 and worked for the Skagway New, published the Whitehorse Star, and purchased the Douglas Island News. In 1917 he moved to Juneau where he published the Strollers Weekly. In 1918 he was appointed Chief of the Territorial Bureau of Publicity and later was served as Speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives (DeArmond, 1957, p.41,42). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.4733352661 |
| Longitude: | -134.580032349 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Stroller White Mountain: Stroller White Mountain.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Stroller White Mountain does not include property ownership information.
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