Information About

Solomon

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 33' 38.999" N,
164 ° 26' 21.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Solomon in Detail.

About

Population 12 in 1958. Located on the west bank of the Solomon River, 1.6 km (1 mi) north of Norton Sound and 48 km (30 mi) east of Nome, Seward Peninsula highlands.

History

Established as a mining camp in the summer of 1900 at the height of the Nome gold rush (Brooks, 1901, p. 66). The name "Erok" was shown here on the 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee. A post office was established here in 1900, discontinued in 1925, reestablished in 1928, and finally discontinued in 1956 (Ricks, 1965, p. 60). In 1965 Balcom (p. 30) noted: "there was one Alaska Native Service school here. There are still a few white families mining in the area but most of the Eskimos have moved to more prosperous towns to find employment."

Topo Maps

Solomon (1907), Solomon (1907), Solomon C-5 (1950), Solomon C-5 (1950), Solomon C-5 (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951),
Places Near Solomon
Capes:

Point Warren,

Mine:

Big Hurrah Mine,

Mountains:

Uncle Sam Mountain,

Rivers:

Bonanza River, East Fork Solomon River, Solomon River, South Fork, West Arm Solomon River,

Streams:

Adams Creek, Alta Creek, Ball Creek, Battle Creek, Bear Creek, Big Hurrah Creek, Blind Creek, Boston Creek, Brach Creek, Buster Creek, Butte Creek, Cache Creek, Cadillac Creek, Cheyenne Creek, Coal Creek, Coarse Gold Creek, Disappointment Creek, Doverspike Creek, Emerald Creek, Eureka Creek, Fish Creek, Fox Creek, Fox Creek, George Creek, Gold Creek, Grouse Creek, Happy Valley Creek, Harlem Creek, Huff Creek, Jackson Creek, Jerome Creek, Johns Creek, Johnson Creek, Johnson Creek, Jones Creek, Kasson Creek, Linda Vista Creek, Little Hurrah Creek, Lodestone Creek, Lone Creek, Lost Creek, Manila Creek, Meddler Creek, Minnesota Creek, Mitchell Creek, Montana Creek, Moran Creek, Mystery Creek, Nobhill Creek, Nugget Creek, Ohio Creek, OK Creek, Oro Fino Creek, Penny Creek, Pine Creek, Problem Creek, Puzzle Creek, Quartz Creek, Rabbit Creek, Rock Creek, Rock Creek, Sapphire Creek, Secret Creek, Shovel Creek, Shovel Creek, South Fork Butte Creek, Squirrel Creek, Sweetbrier Creek, Topnotch Creek, Trilby Creek, Uncle Sam Creek, Victoria Creek, Vinegar Creek, Virginia Creek, West Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek, Winston Creek,

Valleys:

Davison Gulch,

Cities:

East Fork, Lees Camp, Quigleys Camp, Solomon,