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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...
From June through early July, visitors to Jean and Clyde Curry's house at 209 Sandy Beach Rd. are greeted by a garden in full bloom and a treasure trove of items that have washed ashore. In the front yard are planters built by the Curry's when they purchased the home in 1974. They line the front of the house and are filled with mostly perennial flowers or flowers that survive for multiple seasons. Jean has planted phlox, clematis, old-fashioned bleeding hearts, lilies and stargazers. Tucked in a...
Tucked away behind Jeigh Stanton Gregor's house on N. 7th St. is a green, futuristic dome that his mother-in-law, Liz Lorraine, calls home. After doing research into the dome several years ago, Stanton Gregor decided to purchase one as a place for Lorraine to be closer to her two grandkids. A self-described "dome dweller," Lorraine said she's happy with her living quarters. "The biggest thing is she's happy, and I'm glad she likes it," said Stanton Gregor. The dome was built by a company called...
A rufous hummingbird was attracted to a scarlet bee balm plant on Tuesday....
Whales bubble net feed in the haze near Big Creek in Frederick Sound on July 10....
A rufous hummingbird takes a break on local resident John Havrilek's porch. Havrilek believes it to be a female because he saw a darker one the day after that could be its mate...
A humpback whale breaches the surface of Frederick Sound on Saturday, July 13....
The Muskeg Maleriers donated a sign to the Petersburg School District's garden that sits next to the high school track. Founded in 1974, the group tries to make one donation a year. The members spent about a week and a half painting the aluminum sign, which comes just in time for the summer garden program that will begin later this month. According to garden coordinator Chris Sargent, the produce grown in the garden is used by the school cafeteria. Back row from left to right: Rhoda Gilbert,...
Tuesday, July 2nd...
The Clausen Memorial Museum has a collection of prehistoric stone tools on display that were found on Mitkof and Kupreanof islands. The collection includes t-shaped mauls, hand mauls, and adzes. Some pieces were donated to the Alaska State Museum and then once Petersburg established its own museum a long term loan between the Clausen Memorial Museum and the State Museum was established, allowing us to share these artifacts with the community and our visitors....
A Robin feeding her offspring who remain nestbound....
Gunnar Franklin Lee Seale was born on July 1 in Ketchikan to Rosa and Sam Seale. He weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz, and was 20 3/4 inches long....
Britton Erickson marches in the Fourth of July parade holding up one of the famous rocks for the Festive Family Rocks Your Freedom group....
