James Wickersham, on September 28th, 1908, tendered his resignation as Judge for the Third Judicial District in the Interior of Alaska. He had been appointed to that position by President William McKinley in 1900. That year, he ran for the delegate position for the District of Alaska and won the election and began serving in […]
On March 11th, 1942, while performing zigzag patterns while under sail in an effort to avoid any torpedo launches from Japanese submarines thought to be in the area, the steamship Mount McKinley ran aground at Scotch Cap. Now beached, all travelers on the vessel were able to disembark unharmed. But, the vessel was […]
