What the record shows
The federal survey describes the site: site of prospectors' camp at junction of Koyukuk River and its South Fork, 20 mi. E of Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
Name reported in 1899 by G. H. Wonson, Master of the steamer Dorothy, on his manuscript map of the Koyukuk River. One of several temporary camps established by prospectors caught on the river during the winter of 1898-99.
Union Cityappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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