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The History of Petersburg The Museum has a collection of essays from 1947 written by students of Miss Helen Pruessing, Petersburg High School English III instructor. Sonya Husvik, Casper Hallingstad, Frank Kaino, June Otness, Darline Rosvold and others describe everything from Petersburg Air Service, to Scow Bay, to the Folk Tales of Petersburg. In the "Advancement of Petersburg Roads" Bernice Espeseth begins "When our town was young, some people wanted the streets widened for cars and trucks,...
Point Agassiz shines yellow beneath a rainbow over the mainland on Dec. 13....
Seagulls and murre feed in the late morning sunlight near Jap Creek on Wednesday....
December 10, 1920 The Petersburg Lodge of the Moose is planning on a big masquerade ball to be given on New Years Eve. The Moose boys say that the ball this year will eclipse by far any dance of this kind ever given here before. While all the details have not been arranged it is understood that a good selection of prizes will be offered for the maskers to try for. One of the leading Moose said recently that at least ten and possibly twelve prizes will be offered. December 7, 1945 In accordance with the expressed wishes of the majority of...
Rain and flood waters undermined the 40,000 Rd. over the weekend....
Snow covers the ground and clings to the trees on Raven Roost Trail last weekend of November....
Students gathered outside of Rae C. Stedman Elementary School on Dec. 3 to watch staff light up the school's Christmas tree for the first time this season. "It's so nice to drive up the hill and there it is," said Elementary School Principal Heather Conn at the Petersburg School Board meeting on Tuesday. "It's lit up every morning."...
Christmas lights shine on the Sons of Norway building and the neighboring Bojer Wikan Memorial Park spreading holiday joy....
On Dec. 2 the clouds above Bear Claw Mountain were cast in purple as the sun rose....
Snow covers the ground and clings to the trees on Raven Roost Trail last Sunday....
The Sandy Beach Park Troll Bridge withstood record flood level waters last Tuesday. Contractor Dieter Klose designed the concrete foundations with engineering help from Alan Murph and with the assistance of former Parks and Rec Director Ryan McFarland. Klose then oversaw the construction of the bridge logs and decking. Numerous volunteers participated in the build including Bynam Jackson who participated as part of an Eagle Scout project. The bridge was constructed in 2009. Klose built the...
Trees fell and blocked the roadway of 40,000 Rd. near 3 Lakes Loop on Saturday due to heavy rainfall....
The sun rises over Petersburg Wednesday morning, coloring the cloudy sky purple and orange....
December 3, 1920 Inaugurating the new winter mail schedule, the gas boat Trygve went to Wrangell on Wednesday and returned with mail from the states. Hogue and Tveten have been awarded the contract and this service will consist of 6 trips between Petersburg and Wrangell and 4 trips between Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan between the 1st of December and the 31st of March. November 30, 1945 Petersburg is one of the high towns of the Territory in purchases of E Bonds in this final Victory Loan Drive, according to the latest figures released by...
Mickey (Denise Gubernick) and Minnie Mouse (Rebecca Anderson) make their way down Nordic Dr. on Friday....
Wade Hatfield and Santa Claus take a good look at each other during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony....
Matt Pawuk put on a festive sweater, hopped on his unicycle and rode to the Christmas tree lighting ceremony....
Once, Petersburg was speculated to become the future skiing hotspot of all Alaska. In 1938, "Alaska Life - The Territorial Magazine" described Petersburg as "long the home of good skiers," and highlighted plans for a big ski invitational to be held by the jumping hill which had been reconstructed as a CCC project. Many Petersburg skiers learned to jump in Norway and imported their skills back to Alaska. Opportunities to obstacle jump or "gelaendesprung" were anticipated to last till summer with...
The Grinch (David Dial) arrives at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony....
November 26, 1920 Much has been said in Petersburg and along the entire Alaskan coast relative to the oil supply for boats and the withdrawal of distillate from the market. The whole Pacific Coast is undergoing an industrial transformation with exceeding rapidity. The day is not far distant when the railroads in the west must be electrified. Additional power will be manufactured by the new hydro-electric plants. With the reduction in supply of oil and increase in demand, there is nothing which can prevent a constant increase in cost to the...
Terry McGowen, in front, aligns the container of COVID-19 relief and supplies, destined for Petersburg Indian Association, on Tonka Toy Rentals' boom truck. Charles Davis, in the background, slowly lowers the container onto the bed of the truck. In the last six weeks, Tonka Toy Rentals has delivered 15 containers full of COVID-19 relief supplies to native communities around Southeast Alaska, according to Davis, owner of Tonka Toy Rentals. Davis was hired by Tlingit & Haida to deliver the...
Liam Jackson holds a bottle of apple juice. The Petersburg Indian Association's CARES Act food assistant program had its second distribution on Nov. 18. Food was provided to over 80 native families and elders in the community with help from PIA staff and volunteers. Tori Shay, Nicole Peterson, Darnell Murray, Tina Kerr, Ron Ware, Jack Galaktionoff, Andy Edfelt, Maryann Rainey, Tracy Welch and Jackson helped organize the program and distribute food....
