Thomas Milburne Reed (1857-1928), a lawyer by training, participated in the Nome gold rush. He subsequently served as a U.S. commissioner, clerk of the district court, clerk of the Alaska Territorial Senate, and as U.S. District Judge in the First Judicial Division in Juneau, Alaska. His son, Irving McKenny Reed (1889-1968), both a highway engineer and a mining engineer, did field work throughout Alaska. He was also municipal project engineer in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served as city councilman for eight years. Reed was Alaska's first fire warden and held the office Territorial Game Commissioner for twelve years. He made the first report on the discovery of platinum at Goodnews Bay for the Alaska Territorial Department of Mines, and helped to develop production there. Eleanor Doris Stoy Reed, born in 1897, came to Alaska upon marrying Irving Reed in 1923. She was an artist and writer.
From the description of Reed Family papers, 1885-1968. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 255629320
