Aug. 13, 1925

George Eastman, famous Kodak magnate, accompanied by Mrs. Eastman, Dr. A Kaiser, the Rev. George E. Norton and Mrs. Norton, all of Rochester, N.Y., arrived Tuesday and left on the Hazel B No. 2 on a big game hunting expedition in the Cassiar. The party left here in the garb usually worn by prospectors and will go over the same trails as numerous gold seekers who are hurrying to Gold Pan Creek where gold in paying quantities is being taken out by pick and shovel method. Walter Simpson, Indian Agent for the Cassiar District in British Columbia, accompanied the party from Wrangell and will be the chief guide. This is Mr. Eastman’s third trip into this section. Seventy-one years of age he proudly calls himself an old sourdough and acts the part well.

Aug. 11, 1950

A directorate for Alaska Wrangell Mills Inc. has been organized in Seattle, according to an article in last Friday’s Alaska Weekly. The company has had an application for a loan in the amount of $623,026.98 pending since last fall, but this loan was rejected recently, according to Sam Burnsed, president of Alaska Wrangell Mills. Burnsed said, however, that the company definitely intends to go ahead with some sort of mill operation here. The article further says: “Future plans call for a creosoting plant for poles and an increase in the capacity of the mill. Additional new equipment will be added later to make the mill one of the most modern in the West.”

Aug. 13, 1975

Wrangell net fishermen went to work last weekend with a 36-hour opening and they came home with fish. Fisherman reported an abundance of fish in Clarence Strait, and even though gillnetters were hampered by eight-foot swells and poor weather, their take was described as “excellent” by Bill Titus, owner of the Karluk and the Audrey, both gillnet tenders for Harbor Seafooods Co. On Saturday morning the Copper King, with Bill Stokes, and the Counsel D., with Red Steer, pulled into Harbor Seafoods dock with an estimated 20,000 salmon from the seine fleet. Fishermen agreed that if the opening had come a week earlier the take would have been much greater. Poor weather severely hampered their efforts. Most gillnetters were limited to between two and three hours of fishing Friday night and between 11 and 12 hours on Saturday. 

Aug. 10, 2000

First up on the regular meeting agenda was the city manager’s report by Dave Soulak. He reported the progress that the planning and zoning commission is making on the Sortyard Subdivision and recommended the formation of a local improvement district for making the improvements to the property. Also, the requested loan for the Inter-Island Ferry Authority may be more complex than it first appeared. According to Soulak, Petersburg is awaiting additional information before making a decision and Klawock is rumored to have denied the request to participate in the ferry authority loan.