Galena elder Sidney Huntington dies at 100

Galena elder Sidney C. Huntington passed away on Tuesday in Galena.  He was 100.
The son of a Koyukon woman and a white gold miner, Huntington became an expert trapper, fisherman, boat builder and carpenter in the middle Yukon and Koyukuk valleys of the Interior.  He went on to serve 17 years on the Board of Game during the 1970s and ’80s, and ran a successful fish processing business out of Galena for many years.
Sidney Huntington on the trapline, 1958. Photo: Alaska State Libra