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February 19, 1924: Wm. Strong, Canadian customs officer at the boundary, returned to Wrangell last Thursday after a perilous trip down from Telegraph Creek. Mr. Strong and partner left Telegraph for the boundary station traveling down the Stikine and arrived there safe and sound where Mr. Strong's partner was left and Mr. Strong came on to Wrangell and after transacting his business here was taken back to the river by Kenig Johannsen on the Karen and will mush back to the customs station at the boundary. February 17, 1939: Alaska will go...
Mary Parker and Ronan Rooney were married on Jan. 18, 2014 at The Seattle Aquarium in Seattle, Wash. The bridegroom is the son of Alice and the late Bob Rooney of Wrangell, Alaska and the bride is the daughter of Douglas and Janice Parker of Lake Oswego, Ore. The bride was given away by her father, Douglas Parker and her matron of honor was her friend Jennifer Schmitt. The best man was Aaron Comstock, a friend of the groom, of Anchorage, Alaska. The newlyweds honeymooned on the island of Oahu,...
Jude Harley Edward Johnson was born on Dec. 25, 2013 to Dustin Johnson and Devyn Moody of Wrangell, Alaska. He weighed 5 lbs, 5 oz and was 19 1/2" long. His paternal grandparents are Harley and Lana Johnson, of Wrangell; his maternal grandparents are John Moody of Newport, Ore. and Shannan Bowman of Wrangell....
Haley Reed earned a spot on the Loyola Marymount University Dean’s List for the Fall 2013 semester. Students named to the Dean’s list have completed 15 semester hours at LMU and earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Haley is the daughter of Kris and Dan Reed of Wrangell. Haley is currently studying to get her bachelor’s in Screenwriting....
Students at Evergreen Elementary are preparing for a nationwide effort to “Read the Most Coast to Coast” on Friday, Feb. 28. They are among hundreds of thousands of students who will join in this 3rd annual reading challenge. The program encourages students to read more and take part in a one-day effort to beat the record for the number of Accelerated Reader Quizzes taken in one day. Last school year, students set a new one-day record of 4,409,622 quizzes. At Evergreen Elementary, Ms. Brown’s Kindergarten, Ms. Buness-Taylor’s K-1, Ms. Wilson...
February 12, 1914: Wrangell is to have a new water dam. That sentence means a lot to our little city and the fact that we need one has been demonstrated several times and at last it is almost an assured fact that before another winter sets in Wrangell will be getting her supply of water from a much better way and a more practical source. During the past two weeks the City Council has had a party of surveyors under the supervision of A.H. Lawrence surveying and mapping a new dam, which when completed will be 20 feet high across the mouth and cov...
February 5, 1914: The Wrangell Sawmill started operations for the season this morning and it sounds good to hear the buzz of the saws, it stirs up a commotion and livens things considerable. The box factory will also start as soon as conditions are favorable. Practically the same crew they had last year is working. Manager Wilson looks forward to a busy and prosperous season, which, we trust, will be realized. The mill means a while lot to the town and from now on there will be more money in circulation, as the mill pay-roll is no mean...
Though the feverish quest for gold may have begun in California in 1849, it migrated to Alaska in the decades to follow and Wrangell was the epicenter over the course of nearly 40 years. It began on Buck’s Bar near Telegraph Creek B.C. in 1861 when fur trader Alexander "Buck" Choquette discovered gold there. The rush was on and Wrangell would soon have its hands full of fortune seekers looking for shelter supplies and ultimately transportation up the Stikine River. Choquette’s discovery may have drawn the first attention to Wrangell but it was...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 29, 1914: The Standard Oil Company has installed a 16,000 gallon oil tank on the St. Michael's Trading Company's wharf. Mr. Harris, the company engineer, was in charge of the work. This will be a great advantage to the gas boat owners and especially the fishermen who have heretofore bought their oil by the case, paying top notch prices. Mr. Harris informed me that the Standard Oil Company will eventually locate here and construct a much larger tank as soon as business out grows the present...
More than 200 people met Saturday with local organizations at the Wrangell Cooperative Association's first membership rally. Representatives from the Association, the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, Alaska Island Community Services and Tlingit-Haida registered, updated, collected and distributed information for 210 people by the end of the four-hour event at the Stikine Native Organizations building. Organizers from the WCA's Membership Committee had worked on organizing the... Full story
Between 30 and 50 yachts will depart Seattle sometime in June and arrive in Wrangell June 17. The yachts will participate in the annual Salty Dog Rally, sponsored by Boating Puget Sound, a website dedicated to yachting in the Seattle area. Once they arrive, yachters will be welcomed by local Tlingit drummers and dancers and be feted in a gala dinner with the mayor. Borough officials estimate between 60 and 150 people will participate, though they won’t have official numbers until registration for the event concludes in April. Members of the W... Full story
A vessel sunk near Wrangell Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The 60-foot Silver Bay 2 went down at anchor tied to another tug, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Jeremy Dawkins. No one was aboard when the Silver Bay 2 went down off shore from the former mill property. Coast Guard officials were notified because of potential environmental impacts from the ship’s sinking, and conducted no search and rescue operations associated with the sinking, Dawkins said. Company officials will likely wait until the w... Full story
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. January 22, 1914: There was an accident at the public school last night. The steam heat is on the hummer today and the school is out of business. Apparently there was a fire started in the furnace and after the boiler was hot, the cold water turned on and the whole front section burst. This is a very unfortunate occurrence to happen at this time of the year when the heat is an absolute necessity. Oscar Carlson and Ole Johnson are building two moveable stations 5x5x6 feet to hold the extinguishers...
