April 15, 1926
It has been known for years that some of the most fertile land in Alaska lay at the mouth of the Stikine River. The old Presbyterian Mission farm was established there more than a quarter of a century ago and demonstrated the suitability of the land for agricultural purposes. There are no finer potatoes being grown anywhere than some of those marketed by the few farmers who have squatted on the Stikine’s fertile delta. These rich agricultural lands were surveyed by government engineers during the past summer and without doubt offer the most attractive homestead proposition available anywhere in the north.

April 13, 1951
Chamber of Commerce President Doris Barnes reported at Monday’s meeting that the Wrangell Women’s Civic Club had agreed to furnish the lunch and coffee a week from Sunday when the chamber is sponsoring a cleanup picnic party at the cemetery swimming beach. The plan is to get all residents out to clean up the swimming beach before the kids start using it this summer. The big project for the afternoon will be hauling several abandoned boats off the sandy beach and around the outside point.

April 14, 1976
A plan for utilization of the former Bureau of Indian Affairs Wrangell Institute campus is proving to be a big bite for any one user group. At a townhall-type meeting on April 5, about 100 townspeople and representatives of the city, schools and organizations talked over the problems of potential ownership, development and use of the campus. Out of the session came a suggestion that multi-use concepts be explored with a mayor’s committee. Among the uses suggested were school facilities, a pioneer home and a vocational-technical training center for electronics and aquaculture.

April 19, 2001
Anyone who has done much boating around Wrangell has heard disturbing tales of uncharted rocks; an unfortunate few have had the disagreeable experience of striking one. To avoid these incidents, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, Rainier, was visiting Wrangell last weekend and will be in the area for the next few weeks conducting hydrographic surveys of Zimovia Strait. They will also collect data to rechart Stikine Strait and Clarence Strait, particularly Burnett Inlet.