Pioneers of Alaska
1911 - Phil Ernst
Phil was born in St. Cloud, Wisconsin in 1875, and was married to Clara Herren. His brother Joe and his wife, Arlene Wheeler, went to the Yukon with them.
The brothers went to Dawson during the Klondike gold rush before moving to Nome where they ran a printing and photography business known as Alaska Printing Co..
They also sluiced for gold on the beach through their venture The Ernst Alaska Dredging Company. Their father, A. B. Ernst, living in Seattle, was president of the dredging company, with Phil serving as secretary-treasurer and Joe as operating manager.
Philip Ernst was one of eight original members of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines Board of Trustees. He was appointed to the board by Governor J. A. A. Strong. He served but one year and did not attend any board meetings.
Ernst was a member of the Nome City Council, 1907-09. He was chairman of the Democratic Divisional Committee in Nome, 1916-17.
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Aldrich, Frank
Anderes, Ernest J.
Ashby, Joe H.
Barber, Jr. ,Edward G. Beissner, Richard
Bivins, Larry
Bowden, Francis
Braun, Russell
Brosius, Cal M.
Carter, Charles W. Chambers, Dr. J.J.
Charles, Percy G.
Chase, Dr. Will H.
Church, William
Clegg, Cecil H.
Collins, Earnest B.
Colp, Douglas B. DeArmond, Robert N. Diamond, George A.
Dimond, Anthony J. Dinkel, Donald H.
Eames, Alva
Edman, Axel
Ernst, Phil
Fosse, Earl
Forss, Erik
Geraghty, Clyde
Gore, Lester O.
Gore, Robert
Hanson, Robert Hendrickson, Waino Herd, J.G.
Herrick, James
Hoskins, William Hufman, Robert
Ingalls, Donald
Ingman, Maurice
Johnson, Ed
Jorgensen, James M.
Kareen, Kenneth L. Karges, Charles
Kerr, Edgar
Kirkland, Sr., Fred
Klopp, Edwin
Knuppe, Martin
Kopp, Walter
Koppen, Otto
Korn, Robert W.
Leirer, Herman
Lloyd, Patrick Lutro, Lomen, Alfred J.
Lottsfeldt, Sr., Carl F.
Lutro, Arthur
Lynch, M.H.
Matthews, Joseph R.
McCroskey, T.J.
McGilvary, Frank
McIlroy, William McPhee, William H. McQuarrie, George A.
Morris, Frank
Nelson, Grant
Nelson, Thomas N.
Nerland, Andrew
Odsather, Louis
Perkins, Wesley
Polet, Antonio
Race, Mike
Race, William
Raynor, Sidney
Reck, John
Ricket, Paul J.
Roden, Henry Rothenburg, Richard
Schmidt, Delmore
Sharp, Bert
Shephard, H.R.
Snider, Gerrit
Southworth, Roy G.
Spickett , John T.
Stephan, Harold
Stock, Adolph
Stolt, William
Swanson, Norman Sweeney, Edward C. Thompson, Arthur G. Ulmer, Joseph
Urie, Sol J.
Walsh, M.J.
Wasvick, A. “Swede” Watt, P.H.
Wells, David R.
Wells, Max
