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.
Museum Memories
Mike Heney chose the name “Cordova” for the new townsite after learning of Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo’s naming of Cordoba Bay. The incorporation of...
Museum Memories
The first structure to be completed in the new town site was the Northern Saloon. Four days later on July 14, 1908, the Red...
Try a book and movie pairing
How many times have you read a book before you saw the movie version? How many times have you seen a movie and then...
Work continues on Nirvana Park improvement project
In July of 2016, the Cordova Historical Society and Museum were awarded the Nirvana Park Improvement Grant from the Rasmuson Foundation. A committee of...
Museum Memories
The Allen expedition opened the interior of the Copper River region to prospectors such as Clarence Warner and ‘Tarantula’ Jack Smith, who discovered the...
Museum Memories
At the turn of the century, the Alaska Packers Association and Alaska Syndicate were powerful entities based out of San Francisco that owned nearly...
Museum Memories
Of all the methods of catching fish, fish traps were the most efficient and cost-effective. More than 40 trap sites were established in Prince...
New books on your library shelves
Just in time for summer reading, new bestsellers are on the shelves.The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse: a...
Museum Memories
It took until 1951 for the first moose calves to be released on the Delta. The first successful calf born on the Copper River...
What to read on summer vacation
Are you planning a trip out of Cordova soon for camping, cruising, maybe just finding the sun on a beach? How do you decided...
