August 23, 1917: Harry Eastman who formerly conducted a shoe shop on Front Street and who left Wrangell for Atlin in January, has enlisted in Ontario and is now on his way to France. Mr. Eastman made many friends in Wrangell. His place of business was known as the Canadian club, and many men now living in Wrangell will read this item with pleasant recollections of evenings spent at there. He is well past the draft age, but has nevertheless responded to the need of his country for men.
August 21, 1942: Don’t be too surprised to see Wrangell’s Groundhog Badin mining area producing some strategic metals for the war effort before long. Through the years, the Groundhog area has had its private attempts at development. During the summer engineers from a private company have been in the field, but what gives the Groundhog new hope at the present writing is the new setup the U.S., Bureau of Mines has inaugurated in Alaska to find strategic metals for war industry. District Engineer Robert S. Sandford of the Bureau of Mines has set headquarters in Juneau and has 12 men in the field. His job is to explore and develop strategic minerals including tungsten, nickel, molybdenum, copper, chrome, antimony, mercury, tin and others.
August 18, 1967: Construction started this week on the new Totem Bar building on the south side of the present building on Front Street. It will be a two story structure 75 by 30 feet with apartments planned for the second story and will cost an estimated $75,000, Fred Angerman said. The Ritchie Transportation Co. is doing the excavation work and the new structure will be built by Paige Construction company. Present plans call for renovation of the old building and “we hope to have it all finished by late fall,” Angerman said.
August 20, 1992: The road between the Pat Creek bridge and the Forest Service boundary just beyond McCormick Creek will be getting an upgrade in the near future. Last week, property owners in the “Wrangell West” area received notices from the Forest Service requesting permission to survey their driveways. Designers could then tie in the driveways with the proposed road design. District Ranger Keene Kohrt said the surveyors were expected to start work on the project this month with road design being finished in September.
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