This Day in Alaskan History-April 3rd, 1898
McGrath Man Dies while Trying to Pull Vehicle out of Ditch
A Health Aide at the McGrath Clinic called in to the Alaska State Troopers and reported that an 83-year-old man in that community had been hit by a vehicle and was deceased at 2:42 pm on Monday. Troopers from Aniak flew into McGrath and opened an investigation into the incident and identified the victim as […]
Pilot Station Search Turns Up One Dead and Another Suffering from Hypothermia Wednesday
At 7:43 pm on Wednesday evening, Alaska State Troopers in St Marys were notified by the Pilot station Village Police Officer that two brothers, David Francis, 35, and Curtis Francis, 43, had departed from the village the night before and never returned. Shortly after troopers were notified, they received another call reporting that the brothers […]
This Day in Alaska History-February 16th, 1851
