In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
November 25, 1915: The first shipment of shrimp to be made from Wrangell was made on the Dolphin last Saturday. The shipment contained about two hundred pounds of fine large shrimp. Wrangellites were given a chance to try them as about a hundred pounds were placed on the market and sold here. The shrimp were caught at the entrance of the Wrangell Narrows by Victor Noberg, Chas. Chase and Arthur Thebo. Mr. R.L. Petty of Ketchikan was a visitor in Wrangell for a few days this past week. In speaking of the prospects for Wrangell, Mr. Petty gives us a good boost and predicts us to be one of the coming cities of Southeastern Alaska here within a few years, and he states, “I look to see Wrangell have a population of about three thousand within the next year or so.” Mr. Petty returned to his home on the Humboldt.
November 29, 1940: Vivid-hued slashing Russian rainbow striking at the fly, six-foot antlered moose making faces at the camera, docile caribou grazing in peace and content, mighty brown bear of Admiralty in their native haunts and hundreds of feet of motion pictures of other intriguing and interesting scenes of Alaska’s famed wildlife were enjoyed by members of the Stikine Sportsmans Association of Wrangell last night at the Elks Club. Members of the Alaska Game Commission dropped into the town with the remarkable pictures which have been assembled over a period of years and represent the finest collections of Alaska wildlife scenes in existence. President Fred Hanford of the Association presided over the informal meeting, called hurriedly and which was attended by a large number of Wrangell men and women. Stikine Sportsmans Association encourages women members and probably has more members from the fair sex than any sportsmans association in the Territory.
December 3, 1965: Peter C. McCormack II, Alaska Steamship Co. terminal agent and operator of Wrangell Wharf, announced this week a temporary winter change of schedule for steamships arriving at Wrangell. Alaska Steam will now service the ports of Wrangell and Petersburg on the southbound run rather than the northbound run as in the past. This means, according to McCormack, that the ship arrival will be on a Friday instead of a Monday. McCormack said that they regretted the fact that early notification of the change in schedule was not possible. He added, however, that they were happy that Alaska Steam has been able to accommodate the port with weekly service since the freight volume does not warrant more than two ships per month.
November 22, 1990: A temporary pump station has been installed at the site of the wood-waste fill near Evergreen Elementary School. The city’s project manager for the fill, Parks and Recreation Director Ron Koch, said the pump station was installed under terms of the city’s environmental permits. Installation was completed two weeks ago, he said. Koch said the temporary station pumps leachate from the fill into the city’s sewer system. The city had received a notice of violation from the Department of Environmental Conservation when the temporary pump station was not installed by a deadline imposed in the state’s permit for the job. Bill Fagan of the DEC said leachate from the fill was impacting a stream in the area, creating filament deposits, slime and smell. That growth had been slowed somewhat by recent cold weather, Fagan said. Fagan this week said the permit calls for the city also to install additional piping on the uphill side to collect runoff before it filters through the fill. Capping of the fill also is required, he said. Fagan said he planned to return to Wrangell by month’s end to re-inspect the project. The city needs to be closely watching the amount of leachate going into the sewer system and through the sewage treatment plant. “There’s a good chance they could have some operational problems at the plant because of the significant volume going in there,” Fagan said.
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