Cathy Sherman
Cathy Sherman is a volunteer historian and recently-retired director of the Cordova library and Historical Museum. Sherman has been contributing to The Cordova Times for over a decade.
Naval radio history, part IV
Let’s finish up our Naval Radio Station history this month by focusing on Eyak Station, which became important to the Navy as...
Naval radio history, part III
In 1917, another naval radio site was selected at Mile 14 on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. A little over 9,000...
Naval radio history, part II
Welcome back to our series on the naval presence in our area, specifically the radio stations that connected Alaska to the Lower...
Naval radio station history
The Cordova Historical Museum was recently asked about the history of the Naval radio stations in our area. It’s always fun to...
Cordova’s Cookin’
All the talk of clams over the last few weeks had me digging through my cookbook shelf perusing recipes for the delectable...
Cordova’s clams
Cordova — clam capital of the world! What did Cordovans do with all those relatively easy-to-harvest razor clams in the 20s and...
Cordova Clamming History
Continuing on with some clamming history: The first two Cordova plants prepared a total pack of 11,176 standard cases of 48 ten-ounce...
Happy (and tasty) as a Cordova clam!
A little razor clam history this week along with our boat photos! The razor clam was first described in 1788 from specimens...
Vessels from the days of yore
Here is a collection of some beautiful fishing vessels from our past. While the location is difficult to determine, names are visible...
Flashback of the harbor
Local discussions lately have been focused on the upcoming renovations of the south end of the Cordova Boat Harbor. Here is a...
CPD dispatch report
JUNE 05, MONDAY:Nothing to report.JUNE 06, TUESDAY:At 6:00 p.m. an...
