July 1, 1920
That Wrangell is to have a crab canning plant is an assured fact, according to A. H. Range of Portland who was here last week working on the proposition. Mr. Range recently patented a machine for extracting crabmeat from the shells by means of compressed air. One of these machines will do the work of 15 hand pickers. This invention puts the crab canning business on an entirely new basis. After Mr. Range outlined his proposition, C. M. Coulter, the local fish buyer, was asked if he thought there was a plentiful supply in this locality. Mr. Coulter replied, “I fished crabs in these local waters for more than two years, and I consider Wrangell the center of crab supply in Southeastern Alaska.”
June 29, 1945
A group of about six representatives of the Smaller War Plants Corporation are due in Wrangell Tuesday to investigate the post-war possibilities of this area for development. The Smaller War Plants Corporation is an organization with its purpose to supply loans to individuals or companies to established businesses and industries in Alaska. Accompanied by Governor Ernest Gruening, the party will arrive in Wrangell by plane Tuesday morning and will spend the entire day here looking over sites and conferring with local businessmen and others interested in promoting small businesses. They will be the guests of the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce and a delegation from the Petersburg Chamber has been invited to attend also, to represent that end of the Nar rows.
July 2, 1970
U.S. Forest Service crews were on the island this week surveying routes for two new roads, one to extend Zimovia Highway about 15 miles to Thoms Lake and the second to cross the island about five miles from Pats Lake to the back channel. District Ranger Normal Schoonover said the Pats Lake-back channel link was being planned last week. Work on the Zimovia
Highway extension was to begin this week. It is anticipated the roads would be built by logging concerns through timber-purchase agreements.
June 29, 1995
Wrangell Running Track was turned into a rocket range June 23 by summer Space Camp students. Kindergarteners through eighth graders shot off a variety of rockets that they had put together as well as flying colorful
kites. The kids took altitude readings as the rockets raced upwards, although many lost signs of the rockets in the clouds. “I liked making the rockets and watching them blow up,” said Dwight Yancey. “Mine didn’t have a very nice flight.” The students had spent the past week at Space Camp putting together and decorating the rockets for their Friday flights.
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