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November 4, 1915: The Wrangell Machine Shop is this week overhauling the engines taken from the river boat Winifred, which was recently purchased by the Stikine Mining Company, and the same will be installed in a new river boat which they will build here this winter. The new boat will probably be of the fifteen ton class. It is the intention of the Stikine Mining Company to put in service one more freighter as well as side wheel passenger boat, and have same ready for operation next season. The Groundhog Basin Mining Company yesterday had surveyed a twenty-five acre tract of land at the mouth of Mill Creek, and will lease same from the government as a mill site. The cruiser Than with Forest Supervisor Weigle on board came in Monday and taking W.D. Grant along left for the creek and made the survey. This is one of the most encouraging moves that has yet been made towards the permanent future of that mining camp.
November 8, 1940: Caught in a howling Stikine, seven Wrangell hunters are stranded on the Stikine flats, and have been for a week. Some apprehension has been felt for their safety, but belief in town is that they have found shelter in one of the farm houses in the region. In the party which left here last Friday for a weekend hunting trip are Robert Hansler, Hugh Tennison, Don MacDonald, H.M. Scribner, Lyle Hibner, Dwight Bushey and Jack Brinley, on whose boat the party went over to the flats. With temperature well below freezing large pieces of ice have been coming down river and with the wind whipping up the water between the flats and town it has been impossible for the party to return. Their boat is believed frozen in and a break in the weather may be necessary before they can return. Their boat was sighted near Gutt Island but it is believed they have crossed at low tide to Farm Island and probably sought shelter at one of the farms there.
November 5, 1965: Postmaster Marjorie Sharnbroich received word this week from H.W. Wright, Area Director for General Studies Administration, that Mr. Tom Ukas should be notified to proceed on the carving of a Raven Totem to be placed on the federal grounds. This is part of the program of beautification of federal grounds that is being conducted by the government. It is planned that the totem be in place before the tourist season of 1966. “This will be a tremendous addition to our federal grounds,” stated Mrs. Sharnbroich, “and I am very happy that it will be done before the big centennial year of 1967.”
November 8, 1990: A two-phase project to expand the Alaska Airlines terminal in Wrangell was revealed Oct. 25 at a meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Members of the commission gave approval to preliminary plans for the terminal project, which is expected to cost $500,000 to $1 million. Once completed, the facility will have a total of 6,400 square feet, with 4,400 square feet designated for freight handling and the balance used for passengers. The present terminal is about 2,000 square feet. However, before the plans can be finalized and the dollar figure pinned down, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation must approve water supply and waste treatment proposals. The state fire marshal also must approve the plans after approval from the local planning commission. The first stage of the project calls for adding a passenger area to the west side of the present terminal building. A handicapped access ramp will be built leading into the building's west side. The ramp will include a radiant slab to assist in snow and ice removal on the ramp. Inside there will be a ticket counter to accommodate four ticketing agents. Baggage will be picked up indoors at the northwest end of the building. An area for security also will be included in the building. Phase 2 will include remodeling of the present terminal building and addition of space at the south end.
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