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Bella Ritchie, 12, and Ryder Ritchie, 10, operate a booth near City Dock, catering to visitors who want to take back a piece of Wrangell history. The Ritchie family creates custom jewelry using garnets dug up from the ledge on the mainland near the mouth of the Stikine River. The ledge has been mined since the 1800s to create jewelry and such, though it's been set aside for children to use the past 60 years. Tricia and Ray Corkran visited Wrangell on Monday aboard the Admiralty Dream, and...
A black bear sow nurses her cub near the trail, about 25 or 30 yards short of the U.S. Forest Service viewing platforms at Anan Creek in this 2019 photo. The bears of Anan may have given their name for Wrangell's annual Bearfest, which starts next Wednesday, but the event is about much more than just bears. The five days include an art workshop, bear symposiums, photography workshops, a golf tournament, book reading for children, workshops and live music, a community market, children's games,...
July 21, 1921 Local strawberries of large size and delicious flavor have been on the market for nearly two weeks. Shipments of berries from Haines have also been received by local merchants. A beautiful Wrangell-raised geranium exhibited in a window of the Matheson store has attracted a great deal of attention this week. It is owned by Mrs. Patterson, who decided to share its beauty with the general public. The plant is unusually large and has 10 bunches of perfect flowers of a lovely shade of pink. July 19, 1946 A lively blaze in the basement...
July 14, 1921 The movement which began here late in May to ask for an open season on beaver and marten for Southeast Alaska is gaining momentum, and the city council is asking other cities and towns of Southeast to help in the matter. At a meeting held by the citizens of Wrangell, resolutions set forth the fact that beaver and marten have become so plentiful that there is no longer any need for their protection, and that the damage they cause to the fishing industry is going to work a hardship on the area’s residents. An open season on these a...
It sure seemed that people's spirits were higher for this year's Fourth of July celebration after more than 15 months of pandemic restrictions. That, and the good weather, helped make for an extra special fireworks show Saturday night. See all the photos and event results inside, including the centerspread pages....
July 7, 1921 In spite of threatening rain clouds and a chill in the air that felt like early spring instead of mid-summer, the Fourth of July celebration was a big success. The street sports took place following at the noon hour and went off without a hitch. The pole vaulting, high jumps and the slim horse contest were of special interest, although the crowd filled each number of the sport program with the closest attention. The rain began a while before the baseball game was called at the ball grounds and interfered somewhat with the...
Breanne Pearson pinned the sergeant bars on her husband, Nicholas Pearson, in a small ceremony at the June 22 borough assembly meeting. Pearson has nine years of experience in law enforcement, and has been with the Wrangell Police Department since 2018....
Robert Cross take off for the biking segment of the Tongass ToughMan Triathlon last Saturday, shortly after completing a 1.2-mile swim with a time of 28:23....
Watermelon races in the pool, not watermelon eating contests. Thomas Rohr Wickman (from left), Lucas Stearns, Ryder Ritchie, Lilly Stearns and AJ Roundtree were part of Wrangell Parks and Recreation's wrap-up last Friday of a first round of summer activities, including youth basketball, open gym and swimming. The Parks and Recreation staff is working on future youth activities this summer, including wrestling camps, swim camps, lap swims, parent-and-me swim lessons, forest-and-beach explorers,...
June 30, 1921 A letter received from Col. Steese by Mayor Grant yesterday contains the necessary information about the road to the Standard Oil dock and reads as follows: Mr. J. G. Grant, Mayor, Wrangell, Alaska: As I wired you yesterday, we will proceed immediately with the construction of about 2,200 feet of road, connecting Wrangell with the Standard Oil Dock to the north. Mr. Joseph Ulmer, Territorial Divisional Commissioner, will come to Wrangell on the first boat after the Fourth of July to make the final location surveys and open bids....
The heavy-lift vessel Red Zed I resurfaces with the former Alaska Marine Highway System fast ferries Chenega and Fairweather on its back last Friday in Tongass Narrows in front of Ketchikan. The Amak Towing vessels Ethan B. and Jennie B. moved the 235-foot-long ferries from their moorings in Ward Cove and into the narrows, where the Red Zed I has been anchored since April 2. The 712-foot-long lift vessel submerged, allowing the ferries to climb aboard for the long voyage to their new home in...
Nate Rooney (left) practices his casting with help from Jason Rivers at the annual Family Fishing Day last Saturday at Pats Lake. Rivers, who taught kids and adults the basics of fly-fishing, was among several volunteers who helped out at the event, sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. The Wrangell Cooperative Association and Stikine Sportsmen Association also participated....
June 23, 1921 Three tons of garnets in the rough from the garnet ledge near Wrangell were shipped to the Western Abrasive Paper Company, Victoria, British Columbia, Friday evening on the Royal. It will be used for the manufacture of abrasive paper. The garnet ledge has been leased through Miss Durkee to the Western Abrasive Paper Company, and a considerable amount of garnets will be shipped during the summer. R. J. Frizell is in charge of the work at the ledge. June 21, 1946 Air travel between Seattle and Alaska hit an all-time record last...
Melissa Stolley brought in the biggest fish on Sunday, taking home the Wrangell King Salmon Derby Father's Day prize of $250 to go along with her 28.9-pound king. The derby runs through next Wednesday....
Mark Armstrong (right) and Tom Gillen (left), along with other city employees, helped position the Nolan Center's new signpost into place Tuesday afternoon. Wrangell artist Denny Leak carved the museum sign out of a 20-foot-long cedar log. He started with a chainsaw in April, switching to hand tools as he refined the lettering, and sculpted the eagle and raven at the top of the post....
June 17, 1921 The high school closed last Thursday after a very successful year. An increase in the number of instructors and the seating capacity enabled school authorities to care for the largest number of pupils ever enrolled at the Wrangell school during a school year. Even with the added room, some of the grades were crowded. A full four-year course has been given during the past two years by alternating certain subjects, and three pupils have graduated from the school. June 14, 1946 Vic C. Monahan, operator of the Cascade Pole Company of...
Scott Young turned in the first catch of Wrangell's 66th king salmon derby on Tuesday afternoon. The Wrangell fisherman caught the 23.9-pound king in Stikine Strait. The derby runs through June 30....
Ashley Bates ran dribbling drills at a basketball camp for seventh through 12th graders at the high school gym on June 3. Bates, with Make Yourself, an athletic training operation in Anchorage, was in Wrangell for the camp June 2-3. Penny Allen, one of the volunteers for the camp, said it was free for participants - the costs were paid for by the Amateur Athletics Union. The two-day camp also included sessions on pre-season nutrition and conditioning, and how to lessen injuries when...
June 9, 1921 A group of mining men are financing an expedition into the Cassiar District in northern British Columbia where, it is believed, they will find a new Eldorado. Stuart Henderson, a lawyer and promoter, heads the enterprise. The morning of June 3, Henderson said his men will be in the field within the next few weeks, and from preliminary prospecting that has already been done, he is confident they will open up a good property in the district east of the Alaska border from Wrangell. June 7, 1946 Ketchikan’s restaurant wage dispute w...
Warm-ups and learning to pass the ball are part of the instruction as Wrangell Parks and Recreation kicked off its six-day youth volleyball program Monday afternoon. The department's Lucy Moline-Robinson said the program is for kids ages 9 to 11, and will teach them the basics of volleyball. Devyn Johnson, who is leading the program, said about 20 kids signed up....
Kindergartener Parker Christopher Mork receives a snack bag and lunch voucher from Lt. Jon Tollerud of the Wrangell Salvation Army on Monday. The Salvation Army has started a new summer snack and lunch program for kids, which will run to the end of July. In addition to the snack bags, children can receive a lunch voucher each day for either J&W's or Nic's Place. As of Monday, Tollerud said the program still had room for 15 more kids to sign up. Call the Wrangell Salvation Army at...
June 9, 1921 The new school and community tennis court on the McCormack property received the attention of a large number of workers Monday evening from 6:30 to 9. A great deal was done. Wrangell autos helped the good work along and hauled sand and gravel from the beach to a spot near the school. Everybody interested, from little Lawrence Crawford and Herbert Bjorge with a tin cup and a small pail, respectively, to the mayor, worked. Boys from the primary grades mingled with those from the upper and high school classes. Before long, Wrangell...
Friends, family and community members came out to City Park and the Wrangell Mariners' Memorial last Saturday evening for a Celebration of Life for Sig and Helen Decker, who died July 27 in a car accident in Petersburg. People were invited to a potluck at the park to enjoy friendship and music, and to share stories about the Deckers. Later in the evening, people moved to the nearby Mariners' Memorial (above), followed by the scattering of Sig and Helen's ashes....
The 2021 Fourth of July royalty contest kicked off Monday evening. Wrangell's two candidates, sophomore Cassady Cowan (left) and senior Emma Martinsen, thanked the public for their support at a gathering under the downtown pavilion. The royalty contest is a longstanding Wrangell tradition, dating back to the 1950s. Candidates raise money through ticket sales to support Fourth of July events, and to set aside money for their own education. Martinsen will run a food booth in the downtown pavilion...
