Wrangell Sentinel -

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

February 27, 1913: Tuesday next, the 4th of March, will be an historic day for Alaska as well as the Democratic Party, for in addition to the inauguration in Washington of the first Democratic President in 16 years, the very first Alaskan legislature will convene formally at Juneau, the capital of the newly formed territory farthest north. For more than a week, the newly elected and many of them uninitiated solons have been arriving by boats from the outlying district. The trails are many and devious and the modes of travel are many; dog team, s...