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George Johnson, 1st Known Burial
Recorded by Chaz & Greg Sounton, Ketchikan Museums Archives -
Bear Carving
Pennock Island graveyard, circa 1890-1905. More research required to determine in which graveyard, north or south, this bear carvind stood. Photograph from Ketchikan Museums collection. -
Tlingit Mortuary Figure
Photographed by John Cobb. More research required to determine if this figure stood in the north or south end graveyard. University of Washington Digital Archive -
John Kian Photographed with Chief Kintahook Monument
Photograph from National ArchivesExact date of photograph unkknown. However Ketchikan Daily News gives 1912 as Chief Kintahook's death in Feb, 1973 article. -
Fur Trade Review Description of Graveyard
One really handsome specimen of this is the memorial erected to Kintahook chief of the tape Fox lndians This consists of two lifesilt polar bears standing crcct while at the base in letters of gold is graven in english the epitaph of the chief. Fur Trade Review Vol 48 January 1 1920 -
Totems in Graveyard Photographed
Pennock Island Native Grave Site, circa 1935. Photograph from Black photograph album, 2000, Ketchikan Museums. -
Painted Headboard Photographed
"Indian Grave" Pennock Island Native Grave Site, circa 1935. Photograph from Black photograph album, 2000, Ketchikan Museums. -
Grave with Skull Showing
Indian Grave with Skull ShowingPhotograph by Steve McCutcheon showing an open grave with visible skull. From Alaska's Digital Archives -
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Twin Bears
Chief Kintahook's twin bear monument entitled "Twin Bears on Indian Grave" photographed by Steve McCutcheon. From Alaska's Digital Archives -
Bear Monument
"Grave totem of bear" photographed by Steve McCutcheon. From the Alaska Digital Archives -
Ketchikan Daily News Photo of Twin Bears Monument
The caption reads: "Twin bears guard the grace of Chief Kintahook of the Cape Fox Indians who now reside in Saxman. The granite monuments are in the Indian cemetery on Pennock Island. Kintahook dies in 1912. No one seems to know why there are two bears on the grave when the usual practice was to erect just one monument. Few people know of the existence of the old cemetery." -
Tombs Decay on Pennock Island by Harry Gamble
Article with photographs published in the Southeastern Log, June. Harry Gamble writes that "most of the grames have been pilfered by human fortune hunters and eroded by time." Article from Ketchikan Museums' Archives. -
Phillip Johnson Grave Photo
Appearing in Harry Gamble's Southeastern Log Article, the caption describes Phillip Johnson's gravehouse as being the last standing structure. Phillip Johnson son of Johnny Johnson, died 1913, Age 2.5 -
Open Sarcophagus and Monument
Harry Gamble describes the open sarccophagus as "gutted by a fortune hunter" and writes that monument is surrounded by the remains of a gravehouse. Ketchikan Museums' Archives. -
Philip Johson's Gravehouse & View of Graveyard
Harry Gamble's Article in the Southeastern Log. His article describes the graveyard as being in dissarray. -
Borough Assembly Discusses Bridge & Gravesites
Roland Stanton and elders spoke to Assembly meeting against the land on Pennock Island being annexed for a bridge. Mr Stanton said :there are near as I can find, 100 graves by and large along the beach. Full Text of Meeting -
Desecration Bridge SitNews Debate
In May 2005, SitNews Viewpoint erupted with a debate on "Desecration Bridge" and the proposal to build the bridge to Gravina Island over the gravesites on Pennock Island. Albert White weighed in Letter Full Text on SitNews.org -
June Allen Article on Sitnews
June Allen, a member of the Ketchikan Historical Society, responds to letters of concern with her information about the Pennock Island Graves. Article Full Text -
Photo Documentation of Graveyard
Gillian Edwards, Greg Thomas, Declan Thomas, Clancy Thomas visited by kayak and documented the state of the graveyard. -
Billey Johnson & Halley Johnson
Billey Johnson & Halley Johnson's monument still stands in the Johnson part of the graveyard at the Southeastern tip of Pennock Island. -
Charlie Starr & Susan Starr
The Starr section of the graveyard is the most intact. The graves of Charlie Starr, 1919 age 95, Susan Starr, 1891, age 20 and Rebecca Mary Starr, 1907, age 14 years, sit on a small cliff at the easternmost point of the graveyard. -
Bissie C Johsnon
Almost competely buried by moss and leaves, the grave of Bissie C Johnson, died March 1912, age 5 years. -
George Scott's Grave Marker
Mounument reads "George Scott, Age 10" -
Grave Entangled in Tree
Mary Kushnick, 1897. age 45 years. The grave stone has been pulled out of the ground and trees have fallen all around. -
Lizzie Johnson & Lizzie J Johnson
Lizzie Johnson Born Dec 22 1915 Died July 8 1916
Lizzie J Johnson Born May 8 1918 Died May 22nd 1919 -
Path through the Woods to Gravesites
The path through the woods from the beach is overgrown. Two cement sarcophogi are the first sign of the cemetery.
