TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Book Review: SE Hauntings Have History
Title: Spirits of Southeast Alaska: The History & Hauntings of Alaska’s Panhandle. By James P. Devereaux. SBN: 9781935347675
The Foreword, by David Harvey, started off offering a spooky website, it is real: <www.IDigDeadPeople.weebly.com>. Mr. Harvey, states of Mr. Devereaux, the author, that he is trained in the archaeological sciences, embraces imagination wholeheartedly in answering these questions in the stories in the book. The questions are: “Who is the spirit who was seen? What happened to them? Why do they continue to appear to us?”
The author states, “I have tried to include not only the most viable of ghost stories” but also some of the rich history surrounding the stories. In the chapter The Ghosts of the Mascot Saloon, now a National Park building in Skagway the curator repeatedly hears noises of items moved in a room with no one in it and no explanation other than the spirits of past miners enjoying a bit of gallows humor. The Ghosts of the Princess Sophia impacted SE Alaska. A respected fisherman reported lights on the Vanderbilt Reef – only to discover when he got closer there were no lights. Was he a tired fisherman or had he “become party to something beyond explanation?”
He was not the only one to experience eerie sights and sounds in that area. In The Spirit of Soapy Smith the author was working as an archaeologist for the Park Service, and encounters Soapy’s apparition.
Other titles near to Sitka are The Ghosts of Indian River and Castle Hill, the Princess of Baranof Castle, and The Spirit of Sawmill Creek Road. In Juneau we have The Alaskan Hotel and the Silver Bow Inn and Bakery.
I would say that three-fourths of the book is history and it is interesting as it covers a variety of SE towns and locations most of us are familiar with. I was also pleased to learn that not all poltergeists are mean-spirited. The original owner of the Silver Bow Inn in Juneau comes around periodically, according to the employees, to make sure things are being done right in the bakery. The new owners even did an exorcism, which they stated worked for a while. “Those visiting (the Bakery) should not fear, for Gus Messerschmidt appears to be merely concerned about the daily running of his business and would never dream of having customer’s leave his bakery with a bad taste in their mouths.” I think ghost stories are best told around the campfire on a dark and spooky night, but …. I admit while reading the Ghost of McCabe College in Skagway, in my home, it gave me goose bumps.
JB
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.