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After a two hour hike to the first lookout on Raven's Roost Trail, low-lying clouds cleared for about 15 minutes....
LeConte Bay as viewed from along a ridge on the north side of the bay. LeConte Glacier is seen at the left of the photo and snow capped peaks and snowfields in the background that extend into British Columbia....
August 22, 1919 On last Saturday afternoon, the local committee which was investigating to find evidence of profiteering among the local merchants met and reported that they could find no evidence of anything in that line in Petersburg. In fact, some things were selling here cheaper than in Seattle. It was found that rents were not unreasonable, that coal was selling for $16 per ton when actual costs to the merchant delivered to the home was $14.78 per ton, and meats and staple groceries were all found reasonable. August 18, 1944 For...
The Coast Range was visible from Frenchy Ridge last Sunday. Frenchy Ridge is the perfect spot to pick cranberries and low bush blueberries in the late summer and fall. Amy Anderson can be seen in the background harvesting low bush blueberries....
Beth Flor stands with two of her paintings at a retrospective solo art show at the Clausen Memorial Museum on Friday that featured works spanning the course of 45 years. The two paintings were done in a time in her career when she began using larger brushes and a different kind of canvas that doesn't expand and contract like traditional canvases. The top painting, called Summer Meadow, was completed in 2010 and the bottom painting, June Meadow, was done in 2002. Flor said both paintings show...
An approximately 65-foot tall European Mountain Ash tree fell in a windstorm on Sunday, Aug. 18 in Steve and Desi Burrell's front yard at 802 N. Nordic Dr. Desi was in her living room on her computer when the tree came crashing down just after 10 A.M., narrowly missing her home. Only a second story window was damaged by the tree. Desi said the United States Forest Service took a core sample of the tree last year and found that it was over 88 years old and in good condition. Steve was back in...
A fawn enjoys its breakfast along the beach on Friday morning....
A view as seen from the summit of Devil's Thumb. See story on page 9....
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School class lists To register a new student, please stop by the office at 303 Dolphin Street by August 23. Bring current vaccination record and birth certificate (legible copy ok). Students currently enrolled do not need to register. Supply lists can be found online at www.pcsd.us. Elementary students attend 8:15-2:45 Monday-Thursday, and 8:15-1:45 on Fridays. Kindergarten attends 8:15-11:15 for the first week, then stay until 1:30 every day If you have questions,...
August 15, 1919 Mayor P. Jorgensen has received copies of the Petersburg Bonding Bill. The bill provides that the Town shall have the power to issue bonds in the sum of $75,000 for the purposes of constructing a school house and a municipal power and light plant. It provides that a special election shall be held to determine the wishes of the people on the question that the bonds shall be for 20 years, bearing interest, and that $50,000 shall be used for the power plant and $25,000 for the school house. August 11, 1944 Although everyone is...
In a dramatic case of overkill, a California company sent Marj Oines a lithium drill-driver battery measuring no more than 3-inches by 4-inches, boxed and shrink wrapped to a wooden pallet that was four times the size of the shipping box. Even though it was shipped on Alaska Marine Lines, a warning label advised the battery was "forbidden for transport aboard aircraft."...
This wooden pulley block was found one mile north of the survivor's camp at China Cove on Coronation Island. The wrecking of the Star of Bengal on the southern shore of Coronation Island is considered one of the Northwest Coast's worst maritime disasters. She departed Fort Wrangell in September of 1908 with 50,000 cases of salted salmon, a crew of 36 and 110 cannery workers on board. One of the survivors wrote this of that harrowing morning, "A wave threw me onto a large rock and the next one wa...
Two humpback whales surface simultaneously on Saturday evening in waters near Five Fingers in Frederick Sound....
Smokey the Bear was happy to pose for a picture with guests at his birthday party held behind the United States Forest Service Building on Friday. Back row from left to right: Smokey the Bear, Aurora Barker and Lucia Worhatch. Front row from left to right: Isabeau Barker and Martin Barker....
August 8, 1919 Arrangements are being made for the Chautauqua program which will be given in Petersburg about the 30th of the present month. This year the lectures will be shorter and a greater variety of musical numbers will be given by the performers. The Chautauqua movement stands in relation with the prophets of old and still proclaims that the abundant life is one filled with thoughts, feelings, hopes, and aspirations. August 4, 1944 Biggest treat of the summer for the little folks attending the Child Care Center was their picnic at Sandy...
August 1, 1919 Petersburg is receiving a coating of red paint. That is, that part of the town owned by the Petersburg Packing Corporation is being painted. A new mechanical process, which does away with the old hand and brush method is being used. A gas engine and compressor are mounted on an old auto frame. The paint is sprayed through a double nozzle effect, the air and paint being delivered under a 70 pound pressure. It will accomplish the work of ten men, and 2 coats applied are equal to three coats under the old method. July 28, 1944 Work...
Frank Morris Harrow paintings in collection On May 5, 1981 the Clausen Memorial Museum received a donation of seven oil paintings created by Frank Morris Harrow, several of which were more than six feet long. These paintings came from the Cornelius Building when the Houge Estate was settled. Harrow was creating art in Southeast Alaska in the 1930s. Stop by the museum to see his larger landscape paintings....
For the third summer in a row, John and Margaret Grogan continue to work on their brand new home on Gjoa St., but construction is anticipated to be complete next summer. "We're in the home stretch," said Margaret. "We're getting there." For 18 years the Grogans have lived in Petersburg. John ran Grogan Aviation Maintenance and Margaret taught art at the Petersburg School District. The couple moved to Juneau in 1996, but John was soon transferred to Boise by the United States Forest Service....
Jim and Sonja Whitethorn's newly built 4,000 square foot, two-story house has a main floor where the couple lives overlooking the Wrangell Narrows off Mitkof Highway, but below is an equally impressive shop that takes up about half of the square footage of the building. "It's a pretty big man cave," said Sonja. Before construction could begin about a year and a half ago, Jim had to clear a piece of property that was filled with 100-foot-tall trees, old growth timber and giant boulders sitting...
