Way We Were: An Arrest Is Made

Way We Were: An arrest is made

This is the fourth article in a seven-part series of stories surrounding the mystery of who robbed the Oak Saloon in 1910. “Take a good look at me,” said one of the bandits as he forced an uplift of hands. “I am ‘Kid Parker’ and I’ll be back in six months,” The Park Record recounted. The two unmasked men escaped without a trace and were thought never to be captured.  The Oak built a lookout cage and suspended it from their ceiling in preparation…

The Way We Were

July 9, 1925 Miss Helene J. Sloane and Mrs. Maudeen Fisher arrived on the steamer Alaska on Monday night to fill an engagement at the Starland Theater. Many friends of Miss Sloane, a dramatic soprano and reader, welcome her return to Wrangell. She brings a double attraction this year in the person of Maudeen of Kansas City, whose beautiful mezzo soprano voice under perfect control has won words...