Eustace Paul Ziegler and Cordova, part II

How did Eustace Ziegler make his way to Alaska? His father’s well-schooled work ethic evidently set in early for this young man. He is...

Eustace Paul Ziegler & Cordova Part I

Recently the Cordova Times editor, Elin Johnson, had an opportunity to visit the Frye Art Museum in Seattle and shared this Eustace Ziegler art...

Mile 7 Memories

At the Mile 7 Naval Radio Station throughout the 1920s improvements were made to the infrastructure support systems established in 1917. This included the...

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 a distant...

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 acres was...

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 48. The...

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 share the...

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 bivalve. I...

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 30s? Remember...

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 cans, thus...
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