This Day in Alaska History-October 17th, 1918
This Day in Alaska History-September 24th, 1918
President Woodrow Wilson established the Katmai National Monument by proclamation on September 24th, 1918 He did so in order to protect the “Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes” as well as the surrounding area for its scenic value and as scientific value for future generations. That initial proclamation set aside over one million acres. The terrain […]
This Day in Alaska History-March 18, 1918
It was in the early morning hours of March 18th, 1918, that Alaska’s largest mill. Wrangell’s Wilson and Sylvester Sawmill caught fire. It had opened for the 1918 season just two weeks prior. Just a few years before the fire, the community of Wrangell itself suffered a blaze in 1906 that took most of the […]
This Day in Alaska History-March 13th, 1918
On March 13th, 1918, after many years of violating the Sherman Anti-trust Act, Booth Fisheries Company, (Delaware), Booth Fisheries Company, (Washington), The Chlopeck Fish Company, Inc, International Fisheries Company, San Juan Fishing and Packing Company, and, Occidental Fish Company, known collectively as the Fish Trust, pleaded nolo contender and were fined for their offense. […]