Austin Eugene "Cap" Lathrop (October 5, 1865 – July 26, 1950) was an American politician, industrialist, and outspoken opponent of Alaskan statehood. He has been called "Alaska's first home-grown millionaire."

Austin E. “Cap” Lathrop was the single most powerful businessman in the Territory of Alaska and its richest resident.

Lathrop was best known in Fairbanks as the owner of the Daily News-Miner, KFAR radio and the Empress and Lacey Street theaters, but the Healy River Coal Corp. was his most significant enterprise. He became president in 1924.

Austin Eugene “Captain” Lathrop was born in Lapeer, Michigan, on October 5, 1865, the son of Eugene and Susan (Sarah) Miriah Parsons Lathrop. He was still a baby when the family moved to Harrisville Michigan where he completed elementary school and quit attending during his …

One of Alaska's most successful businessmen was a Wisconsin farm boy named Austin Eugene "Cap" Lathrop, whose greatest asset was his unstoppable determination. During a career that spanned decades, he would make himself and Alaska richer by developing his interests in coal, oil, copper, lumber, shipping, entertainment, banking, newspapers ...

Alaska's First Homegrown Millionaire is the Life and Times of Cap Lathrop. During half a century in Alaska Cap Lathrop tried, and usually succeeded, in a variety of enterprises helping to assure Alaska's readiness to become a full-fledged member of the United States.

2024年8月17日 · A. E. "Cap" Lathrop Alaskan business tycoon Austin E. Lathrop's empire extended from southeastern Alaska to the Interior. Born in 1865 in Lapeer, Michigan, Lathrop worked

This is the story of Cap Lathrop who built these theaters -- and a lot more. readers can decide whether to remember him as the exploiter pictured in Ice Palace, or as a builder of modern Alaska. Alaska was the biggest choice that Austin Eugene Lathrop made in his 84 years.

The Cap Lathrop Endowment Scholarship Fund has been awarding amazing awards since 1997. It was established in memory of Captain “Cap” Lathrop who was a pioneer in Alaska’s telecommunications and broadcast industry.

2014年4月6日 · Lathrop owned a chain of Empress Theaters: in Cordova, Valdez, Seward and Anchorage. In 1916 he successfully constructed his Anchorage theater using reinforced concrete, so when Cap decided to build a theater in Fairbanks a decade later it was only natural to try it here. Concrete had already been used in Fairbanks to form building blocks.