100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Forest Hunt

OCCUPATION:Merchant, Educator from Ketchikan

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:01/15/1858; Newaygo County, Michigan

EDUCATION:High School: Gibbon Academy, Graduate, 1876

SPOUSE:Harriett E. Frost

CHILDREN:Elmer Mason, Dale Ward, Amy (Mrs. Lee Craft), Bertha (Mrs. G.M. Wells), Elaine (Mrs. J.A. Talbot, Mrs. Johnson)

EMPLOYMENT:Teacher, Hillhurst, Washington; Merchant, Hillhurst, Washington; Postmaster, Hillhurst, Washington; Justice of Peace, Hillhurst, Washington; Assessor, Pierce County, Washington; Merchant, Wrangell, Alaska; Operator, Grocery Meat Market, Ketchikan; Established, Hunt's News & Novelties, Ketchikan; Pioneer, Fresh Salmon Shipment, Ketchikan; Mayor, Ketchikan; Delegate, Alaska Convention, Seattle, Washington, 1905

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Ketchikan City Council; Member, Pioneers; Member, Masons; Member, Elks