The Way We Were

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

 


February 20, 1913: With the familiar signals from the whistles this morning, the saws of the Wrangell Mills started the season's cut of lumber, boxes and timber. Henry Hull and C.H. Bond, the new sawyer and filer, and ten laborers came north from Seattle on the Curacao Tuesday to work in the mill, which although all the box contracts are not in, promises to have another successful run. Last season, over 6 million feet of lumber was cut at the Wrangell Mill. At the present there is at the mill 1 1/2 million feet of logs to commence on besides booms in the Narrows, Duncan Canal and other poin...



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