Wrangell Sentinel -

August 8, 1941: Like the ad about the chap that sat down to the piano and nobody thought he could play, they laughed back in 1922 when F.A.

Cooper, Wrangell pioneer, decided that fruit could be grown successfully in Wrangell. For several years now fruit grower Cooper has been having the laugh,

and this year it is a little more hearty than usual. The reason is that the successful

Wrangell fruit producer has one of the most prolific crops in

history. One of his Blue Damson plum trees is so loaded that it is necessary for

him to prop up the limbs to keep them from breaking. It is doubtful...