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Locals in red March for Education
Taking action in support of public education in Alaska, which continues to be flat funded by the...
Yesterday's News
April 25, 1924 – There is no settlement in sight for the strike of the Alaska fishermen. Alarm is expressed that if the strike is not ended soon it w...
Obituary: Gainhart (Bud) Samuelson, Junior, 77
Bud was born on February 13, 1947, to Gainhart Samuelson, Senior, and Mildred (Massey) Samuelson. A... Full story
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
April 18, 1924 – Boats which sold halibut to the Glacier & Deep Sea Food Company Tuesday for 9 and 5 were Audrey, 2,000 lbs; Irma, 500; Alfa, 500; G...
Artifact Archive
Between the cumbersome and hard to handle solid metal clothing irons of the 1800s, that had to be...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
April 11, 1924 – H.J. Jorgensen already has a large number of signers for a roadway proposed to be built from the city limits to Sandy Beach. It is a...
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PVFD responds to fake airplane crash scenario in practice drill
"Scenario, scenario, scenario. This is only a drill. There has been an airplane crash at the end of...
Yesterday's News News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
April 4, 1924 – H.R. Thompson, fish buyer of Ketchikan, who passed through on the steamer Admiral Rogers said: “Petersburg is bound to become a lar...
Artifact Archive
Clausen Memorial Museum recently acquired 109 hardbound copies of various Petersburg newspapers dati...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 28, 1924 – The Glacier Sea Food Company bought from the Olympic Fisheries a floating cannery on March 15. A scow which is at present located n...
Yesterday's News: News from 25-50-75-100 years ago
March 21, 1924 – Since Petersburg has been having such splendid weather and all of the snow has gone, and the frost is out of the ground, c...
Artifact Archive
The puegh, also spelled pugh or pew, was a simple, yet effective tool used by fishermen and cannery...
Yesterday's News
March 14, 1924 – The people of Petersburg got up a last minute dance Saturday evening for the townspeople and the passengers on the Admiral Evans. T...
Wedding announcement
Kassandra Klose, the daughter of Pam and Kurtis Klose, of Ketchikan, was married to Stuart Meeks,...
