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December 14, 1923 – “Alaska is destined for ultimate statehood,” said Harding after seeing Alaska. “In a very few years we can set off the panhandle and a large block of the connecting southeastern part as a state. This region now contains easily ninety per cent of the white population and of the developed resources. It would be the greatest single impetus that could possibly be given to the right kind of development. As to the rest of the territory, I would leave the Alaskans of the future to decide.” December 17, 1948 – The Alaska Stea...
Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department decommissioned one of its fire engines on Thursday evening. Engine 5, a four-by-four fire engine built in 1991, is being removed from service and sent to another community in Southeast that has a great need for its capabilities, said Emergency Services Director Aaron Hankins during PVFD's "push-in" ceremony on Thursday evening. As local road conditions have improved, the four-by-four off-road capabilities that Engine 5 was originally purchased for are no...
December 7, 1923 – It has been often said that the mineral bearing rock of Southeastern Alaska carries many industrial values other than gold, copper and silver, but that little attention has been given them because of the lack of knowledge concerning them by ordinary prospectors. E.C. Howard, the fur dealer, in his travels, came across a most interesting discovery not far from Ketchikan which again demonstrates that other marketable minerals, once they are searched out, will add great wealth to the mining industry in the north. The place is fo...
November 30, 1923 – The Thanksgiving Eve masquerade this year was a most enjoyable and successful affair. The hall was crowded and the costumes were many and varied. The hit of the evening was Barney Google and Spark Plug, enacted by Alva Allen with Mat Rayner and Jonas Hallingstad as the “front and hind legs of the ‘orse.’” Mrs. Lillian Renke as the Irish hod carrier was very clever and caused considerable comment. Chris Gronseth as the snowman was a decided novelty, his costume showing considerable ingenuity and much work. Mrs. Hans Wick...
After helping her friend Kerry Kirkpatrick set up a solo exhibition at Juneau Douglas City Museum last year, Suzanne Fuqua realized the time has arrived to introduce herself to her community as an artist. Clausen Memorial Museum will host Fuqua's first ever solo exhibition from Dec. 1 through Dec. 14. The art show titled "Before, After, and In Between" will showcase a collection of around 50 paintings in a range of styles and mediums produced by Fuqua over the past five years. There will be...
November 23, 1923 – the local Post American Legion has been busy getting its new club rooms in shape for opening. These rooms will also be used as Scout headquarters and to house the new community library which the Legion is sponsoring. The need of a library in our town has long been felt. The Post urgently requests that if you have any books that you have finished with – and every home should have some – give same either to Mr. Locken or to the librarian, H. H. Storey, and the books will be called for immediately. A nominal fee for the privi...
November 16, 1923 – What for a time looked like a serious accident occurred to the steamer Northwestern as she was pulling away from the Petersburg dock last Saturday. In rounding the red spar buoy into the channel opposite the town, the vessel refused to answer her helm and plowed into the sand bar in front of the Hanseth homestead. When she finally stopped, her bow was within a few feet of dry land and she was apparently tightly stuck. Scows were immediately towed to the scene and considerable concentrates from the forward hold were l...
Ashley Lohr's newest art show opens at the Clausen Museum this Friday, November 3, with a reception from 5 - 7 p.m. Her digital paintings, works on canvas and enamel earrings will be on display through November 14. This is Lohr's 14th solo exhibit at the museum since moving to Petersburg in 2008 to work as Petersburg High School's art teacher. Like getting married, earning a masters degree, and having two children - Rosie, 8, and Finn, 5 - her solo exhibits serve as mile markers in her life....
November 2, 1923 – The big steamer Northwestern of the Alaska Steamship Company stopped at Petersburg northbound this week and landed thirty tons of freight. Under the command of Captain Charles Glasscock she made a perfect landing without difficulty of any kind, although it has been said for years by the commanders of the larger boats that on account of the heavy tides it could not be done. The adding of the Northwestern to the boats calling at Petersburg is the direct result of action taken by the Petersburg Commercial Club over the period o...
October 26, 1923 – Sea water burns at Prince Rupert. What might have been a serious fire causing much damage to property was narrowly averted on the waterfront yesterday afternoon, says the Prince Rupert News. Gasoline had been spilled on the surface of the water from pumping the scow at the Prince Rupert Boat House. A passer-by coming along threw a match into the water after lighting his pipe and the combustible liquid still floating immediately ignited. The flames ran up to the scow occasioning a great deal of smoke and coming perilously c...
The Viking Swim Club (VSC) annual dinner and auction takes place this Saturday, Oct. 28. Doors open at 6:00 pm upstairs at the Elks. The event is the youth swim program’s largest fundraiser, generating around 35% of the program’s budget through the evening’s raffle and auction. The effort helps pay the salaries of the coaches, supports swim meet travel costs, and helps keep membership dues affordable. VSC is not a school district activity. It’s a three season long activity for Petersburg kids. And this year’s auction is also honoring the 50th...
Western Marine's dredging crane scrapes up sediment and hard blue clay from South Harbor and releases the clamshell claw into the collection barge. The sound echoes in the harbor. Dredging is done to remove sediment and debris that has accumulated in the harbor over time. The South Harbor dredge project commenced last winter and resumed in October after being suspended for around seven months due to environmental regulations. The project is expected to conclude at the end of the...
October 19, 1923 – The Wrangell Commercial Club voted unanimously in favor of the division of a new territory out of Southeastern Alaska and voted unanimously in favor of holding a convention at Juneau to consider the question and to make arrangements to inaugurate a campaign to bring about the division. The action of the Wrangell Commercial Club was based upon the request of the Ketchikan City Council that the people of Southeastern Alaska give serious attention to the matter of Territorial division. The Wrangell Commercial Club, acting u...
Brian Stoody is a bike park consultant for the Petersburg Bike Park project. He was flown in from Juneau last weekend to ensure the project continues safely on track. Stoody has past experience working on the Under Thunder city bike park in Juneau, and also as the lead designer and builder for the construction of the Eagle Crest bike trails project in Juneau....
Chouinard Mountaineer's Ax In 1966 Yvon Chouinard revolutionized the curved ice ax for climbing. He developed a longer shaft with a dramatically curved pick. He said, "A curve compatible with the arc of the ax's swing would allow the pic to stay better in the ice." His idea worked and began a revolution in ice ax design known as the "curve-a-lution." This mountaineer's ax was used and donated by Zac Hoyt and is currently on display in the special exhibit, "Devil's Thumb," at the Clausen Museum...
