. English: People in front of log building with signs for Northern Commercial Co. and McQuesten & Co., Circle, ca. 1905 . English: Caption on image: Photo by Nowell, 6779 On verso of image: Northern Commercial Co. Bldg., Circle City, Alaska Circle is located on the left bank of the Yukon River, 130 miles northeast of Fairbanks. It was a mining supply town established in 1887 when McQuesten located a trading post there. It was so named because the village was thought to be on the Arctic circle. The population was 41 in 1967. (pg. 219) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place
. English: People in front of log building with signs for Northern Commercial Co. and McQuesten & Co., Circle, ca. 1905 . English: Caption on image: Photo by Nowell, 6779 On verso of image: Northern Commercial Co. Bldg., Circle City, Alaska Circle is located on the left bank of the Yukon River, 130 miles northeast of Fairbanks. It was a mining supply town established in 1887 when McQuesten located a trading post there. It was so named because the village was thought to be on the Arctic circle. The population was 41 in 1967. (pg. 219) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) Subjects (LCTGM): Streets--Alaska--Circle; Log buildings--Alaska--Circle; Group portraits Subjects (LCSH): Northern Commercial Company . circa 1905 10 People in front of log building with signs for Northern Commercial Co and McQuesten & Co, Circle, ca 1905 (NOWELL 221)
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