Isadore "Ike" Bayles

Isadore Bayles (Yiddish: יצחק ביילעס) (February 20, 1876 – May 31, 1956) was a Latvian-American businessman and considered one of the founding fathers of Anchorage, Alaska. He was part of the Klondike Gold Rush and the Fairbanks Gold Rush where he set up businesses to service the gold rushers. He set up a clothing business in Fairbanks around 1905 and was active in the first Jewish congregation in the area. He was also part of the Iditarod gold rush, where he established the Bayles Clothing Company with locations in Iditarod and Discovery. Eventually, he created the Jaffe & Bayles Leading Clothier – one of the first businesses in Anchorage.