The Way We Were

In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.

Aug. 22, 1912: While steaming southward off Pt. Baker early last Friday morning, the big steamer Mariposa of the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet struck an uncharted rock but miraculously escaped serious damage. Several trollers fishing nearby who were eyewitnesses to the Mariposa's mishap report she struck with great force, rising high on the rock and swinging partially around, then sliding off sideways. The fishermen for miles around were aroused by the shock of the ship and had the damage been so great to cause the ship to founder, there would h...