The Way We Were

May 12, 1921

The opening of the Stikine River season, an event of great importance to the region, and especially to the residents of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, and vicinity, will take place Saturday when about 25 passengers will leave Wrangell on the Hazel B III and Hazel B IV. The freight in the warehouse, awaiting shipment up the river, amounts to about 40 tons, but only half of it will be carried up on the initial trip. Five horses that came up on the steamship Mary will form part of the cargo.

May 10, 1946

This past week, several successful trout fishermen brought back full baskets from Pat’s Creek and lake. Two recently returned veterans, Bud Jenkins and Lew Williams Jr., who had been too busy in Uncle Sam’s Army to go trout fishing for several years, brought in the first basketful of the season: 35 large cutthroats, all exceeding 12 inches — the majority being from 14 to 18 inches. Also this week, Dr. Alvin “ Guppy” Nelson and Charlie “Minnow” Moore brought back the game limit report seeing many deer. Jenkins and Williams counted 13, and Nelson and Moore claimed seeing over a dozen deer.

May 14, 1971

Logger Art Heibert and his wife were reported missing briefly in their amphibian Seabee plane over the weekend. Heibert said he became lost in bad weather while ferrying the amphibian back to Vank Island from Seattle and was forced to land in Behm Canal near Bell Island at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The logger said he landed in the water, then lowered the plane’s wheels and taxied onto a beach to wait out the weather and to radio for more gasoline. “We had 15 gallons left and that wasn’t enough to fly out in bad weather,” he said. Heibert also discovered that his plane’s battery would not start the engine. He made contact with the state ferry Taku, which relayed his request for gasoline and a battery. The Heiberts spent all night Thursday and Friday on the beach and arrived in Wrangell on Saturday morning after a floatplane from Ketchikan brought them all the items they needed.

May 16, 1996

Old tea pots, prints, fur, jewelry, wood carvings, ivory and sculptures were only a few of the items to be seen Friday night as Island Celebration of the Arts sponsored its first-ever “Artwalk” in Wrangell. Five businesses participated, offering works by local artists and craftspeople from as far away as the Bering Strait. Each shop or gallery offered a unique selection of artworks, and the public was invited to visit from 7 to 9 p.m. Noted Alaska carver Steve Brown was on hand at the Wrangell Canoe Project site near city dock to demonstrate the technique and skill needed to hollow out and shape a red cedar canoe, using only an adze.

 

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