The Way We Were

 


March 27, 1913: Last Monday, March 24 was an anniversary uncelebrated of one of the warmer days in Wrangell's history. Seven years ago on that date a fire broke out in a rooming house and saloon owned by E.P. Lynch and J.G. Grant, present owners of Wrangell Hotel, a fire that is recalled with regret by the then owners of property from the wharf to the St. Michael Trading Company's store. Unlike a well-regulated fire, the origin of Wrangell's is not known to a certainty. It took an earthquake to set Frisco afire and the origin of Chicago's blaze has been traced to a cow that kicked over a light...



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