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Petersburg's Rainforest Festival expands to celebrate all seasons
This Friday, April 22, is Earth Day and the Rainforest Festival is celebrating the day by inviting e...
Artifact Archive: New Floating Dairy Thermometer
Dairy operations require careful temperature control to protect from unwanted bacterial growth in...
Yesterday's News
April 14, 1922 Miss Mary Allen and Miss Blanche O’Dell will within a short time open an ice cream parlor and lunch room in the quarters formerly...
Commemorating Helmi Jensen
Roxie Lee, who served as a library board member 60 years ago, gave the toast to her dear old friend...
Yesterday's News
April 7, 1922 The gas boat Progress, in charge of ‘Spanish Joe’ was captured recently at Ketchikan with the entire crew aboardt. When taken into...
Artifact Archive: Guillotine shutter
This tiny camera is a Universal Minute 16, first introduced in 1949. Its “guillotine shutter” had a speed of 1/50th of a second. The camera holds...
McCallum, Walther wed
Mark and Sue McCallum, along with Pamela Mae Post, happily announce the marriage of Tess Walther...
Yesterday's News
March 24, 1922 What about the tide flats in front of town? It is a certainty that work will start on the dredging of Wrangell Narrows this year and...
Artifact Archive
Early communication in Alaska took months by ship. Eventually the Washington-Alaska Military Cable...
Yesterday's News
March 17, 1922 Workmen for the Petersburg cannery are expected here about the 1st of April to start the work of making cans and preparing the nets...
Stork report
Stasia Maybelle Shirley Wagemaker was born to Maria and Brandon Wagemaker on February 25, 2022 at...
Yesterday's News
March 10, 1922 The pupils of the first and second grades received a vacation on Friday owing to the illness of Miss Edna Miller, teacher in that...