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Former pastor and current minister Bob Carter preaches during the Presbyterian Church's 100th anniversary on July 13, 2024, in Petersburg, Alaska. Carter was the church's pastor from 1982-2019 and has returned to serve in the role for summer 2024....
This aerial view shows a paddle boarder exploring Spurt Cove during Saturday morning's calm, foggy low tide....
July 11, 1924 – With perfect weather as though ordered for occasion and a list of interesting exercises and sports carried through without a hitch, and with many out-of-town visitors present, the 1924 Fourth in Petersburg proved an unqualified success. The Filipino team won from the whites in baseball by a score of 10 to 4. Bonapart Cambas and young Johnson boxed three lively rounds, the decision going to the former on a foul. Rayborn showed his skill on a surfboard by riding behind the fastest boat in Alaska, piloted by Earl Ohmer. No o...
The Market in Petersburg had special visitors on Saturday when around twenty of Petersburg’s Leikarring Dancers arrived in their blue and white bunads to perform a handful of traditional Scandinavian folk dances for shoppers and vendors at the outdoor market....
The Eastman Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 was produced between 1941 and 1952. The camera's housing is stiff cardboard covered in leatherette. It has a meniscus lens (one convex side and one concave side) and two viewfinders, one for portraits and the other for landscapes. It uses 620 roll film to produce 2 1/4" by 3 1/4" images. The rotary shutter is set at one speed (~1/40th of a second) and a slider on top of the metal faceplate sets the aperture. Pulling up on the slider allows for bright...
NOAA Fisheries announced the extension of the public comment period on their May 24, 2024, 90-day finding on a petition to list Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), or any evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) that may exist in the petitioned area, as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As part of that finding, they solicited scientific and commercial information about the status of this population and announced a 60-day public comment period to end on July 23, 2024. That public...
On Saturday, the Rainforest Festival’s Ephemeral Art Show graced the Sandy Beach Park area with numerous installations of art made from materials found in the environment — the art is intended not to last long but to become part of the environment again. Simultaneously in the park , the Petersburg Arts Council’s Moving Music concert series was featuring performances by local musicians....
July 4, 1924 – The Herald fully agrees with Pat O’Cotter in an article in the Alaska Weekly in which he says, among other things: “Captain Lathrop and George Edward Lewis made a real Alaskan picture, ‘The Chechacoes.’ It was financed and also filmed in Alaska, and nine-tenths of the cast were real Alaskans. It was the first picture ever made in Alaska and when the big producers in the East saw it, they grabbed it and they are giving it the biggest kick-off that a picture ever got in America, and it’s all because it’s a genuine Alaska picture. I...
Hikers make their camp at the high point of the ridge along the ten mile unmaintained trail from Twin Creek Shelter to the Raven's Roost Trailhead at Sandy Beach....
The rock work is well underway on Petersburg Indian Association's City Creek Trail extension project, which is anticipated by the end of the year to complete the mile-long, gravel and boardwalk trail improvement, connecting Sandy Beach Park to City Creek....
Ripples on Crystal Lake sparkle during a sunny June hike up Crystal Mountain, around 18 miles south of Petersburg on Mitkof Island....
A red sunset over Petersburg Mountain reflects in the calm waters of South Harbor on Tuesday night....
June 27, 1924 – The cannery of P.E. Harris at Scow Bay ran through 800 salmon Monday. This was the second salmon to be canned this season around Petersburg. The Mountain Packing Company was the first, having run through 86 cases last Saturday. The trollers have been making big hauls. Otto Sutter of the Fidalgo Packing Company, who was in town recently, reported that the big run in the Copper River district near Cordova was of short duration. The Petersburg packing Company canned fish Thursday. The Kingsmill Brought the fish from Colpoys and Eag...
Siblings Kylie, Elizabeth and Duncan Goodridge (left to right) took advantage of some sunshine to help decorate the recently repainted wall in front of Daniel Christensen's house at 111 South Nordic Drive. This is the second time Christensen has invited Petersburg residents to help create a mural. The idea came to him when he painted the wall during quarantine and thought it would be a nice opportunity for families to get outside with their kids to do something fun. He asks that artists use...
This pack board, consisting of a wooden frame and a canvas body, was owned by Petersburg fisherman Per Sather Senior. Originally from Norway, Sather owned the fishing vessels Gjoa and Zarembo. The pack board's label reads, "Trapper Nelson's Indian Pack Boards." The was designed by Lloyd F. Nelson and manufactured by the Traeger Manufacturing Company in Monroe, Washington. While working in Alaska in the 1920s, Nelson set out on a hike into the woods with an old Inuit backpack made of sticks and...
During the week of summer solstice the rising sun silhouettes Devil’s Thumb. This golden light was captured in the very early morning of June 18....
June 20, 1924 – Earl Ohmer has received from Delegate Sutherland a copy of the treaty and law for the closed halibut season. The following is underlined by the Delegate for special consideration: “The Nationals and inhabitants are the fishing vessels and the boats of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, and respectively are hereby prohibited from fishing for halibut, both in the Territorial waters and in the high seas of the western coasts of the United States, including the Bering Sea, and the Dominion of Canada, from the 16th day...
The Sons of Norway Hall is a popular destination for summer visitors to Petersburg. This juvenile moose - a rare sight in town - checked it out as well while strolling the low tide on Wed. morning....
Clausen Museum is set to unveil their inaugural summer-themed exhibit called "Summertime Fun," on Mon., June 25. "It's basically how people in Petersburg enjoy the summer over the years," Director of Clausen Memorial Museum Maureen Floyd said. The summer exhibit will include artifacts such as an old ice cream maker, wedding dress, fishing rod, an old backpack and more. In addition, the exhibit will include historic photos and articles of people having fun during the summer in Petersburg. Floyd...
June 13, 1924 – With the Reverend John Flint absent, Sunday broke clear and beautiful and the long deferred picnic of the Lutheran Church Sunday School was held at Sandy Beach. Several power boats, one of them a tow, were taxed to their capacity to take and bring home the crowd. The day was ideal. The older folks lunched and watched the youngsters play games. Several braved the waters and enjoyed bathing and swimming. Sandy Beach is all its name implies. It is a beautiful crescent-shaped cove about three miles from Petersburg, where a lodge b...
Picture identification: Three unidentified children share a moment on First Street, circa 1920. Descendants of Peter and Paula Jorgenson recently traveled to Petersburg Alaska to hand deliver their family collection of photographs to the Clausen Museum. The donation of 565 black and white photographs featuring local scenes and town folk spans the years from 1901 to 1930. Most of the photos were taken by Paula Jorgenson, an avid photographer who had a developing, printing and enlarging business...
Last week, the Petersburg Arts Council presented a concert by the extraordinairy troubadour R.O. Shapiro. The audience in the Holy Cross House - some of whom were noticeably moved to tears by the songwriting - heard mostly new songs by the soulful Americana artist, with a few old favorites in the setlist, too. Shapiro, currently based out of California, has performed in Petersburg several times previously, though not since before the pandemic. He continues to grow an supportive fanbase, and...
Boaters sightseeing at LeConte Glacier last weekend were surprised to see a bear riding an iceberg in LeConte Bay....
