Kodiak Vignettes
West House and Oldest Settlement
Built On Lucrative Fur Trade
What town is the oldest settle
*Q*£t in Alaska, and where is the
oldest house in Alaska located?
Both these questions were ans
wei*®d in the opening sentence of
an article appearing in The Alaska
Sportsman, November issue. The
article was written by Anne
Woods, and besides answering
these two questions, offers many
little Known historic facts about
Kodkk.
YeKodiak is the answer to
hath questions. The oldest house,
«f course, is the old home of W.J.
Erskc*e, now owned by Donnelley
& Ach son. “For more than one
himdrer and sixty years ‘this oP
house* has stood on a knoll over
looking St. Paul Harbor,” the
article states. “It has changed
ownership only three times since
Alexander Baranof built it for his
crew and traders.”
Fix seals built the old house, the
article continues. After a tidal
wave swept over Baranof’s settle'
ment at Three Saints Bay,' he moy
ed across Kodiak Island fo,a t-ifer
site on Chiniak Bay, and on the
narrow and protested harbor
which he named Saint Paul, he
established what is now Kodiak.
Tbe original structure was of
course built of logs, and hand
kewn timbers, and was built as a
storehouse. Other buildings such
LAST NIGHT’S TREMENDOUS
CROWD LEFT THE KODIAK
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
SAYING:
“Phenomenal!”
“Fantastic V9
*1 wouldn’t have believed it if
I hadn’t seen it”
"Definitely one of the most
phenomenal and funniest shows
ever seen in the history of
Kodiak.”
Last 2 Nights
TONIGHT
Only
UNION HALL
8:00 p. m.
Tomorrow
Sunday at
High School
Auditorium
8:00 p.m.
The Great
DR. KIT
hypnotist
Please Note —
One of the largest crowds
ever in Kodiak High School
Auditorium acclaimed the
great Dr. Kit as the greatest
aid most amazing entertain
er they had ever seen.
Prices — $1:00, $1.50, $2.25, $2.7£
(All prices include tax)
Doors open 7:00. Show 8:00
Sponsored by Elks
as cabins, bunkhouses, commissary,
blacksmith shop, etc., were erected
m this period of frantic construc
tion.
The Russian Church, perhaps
one of Kodiak’s most famous land
marks, was built in 1796. The pre
sent Church is not the original
structure, the article points out,
since the original was destroyed by
fire about fifteen years ago.
In 1867, the article goes on to
say, a firm by the name- of Hutch
inson, Kohl and Company {purchas
ed the assets and rights of the
Russiah-American Company, for
the purpose of tapping further the
huge resources of the fur seal
business, and for this purpose,
formed the Alaska Commercial
Company. In 1870, the company
was awarded exclusive sealing
rights on the Pribilof Islands for
twenty years. It was during this
lease period the old house was re
novated and redecorated for use
as a residence by Kodiak manager
of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany. Red cedar was sailed up
from the California coast to
sheath the log foundation and the
squared timbers of the original
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‘THEY’RE CATCHING ON, BUT THEY CANT
CATCH UP.” That’s how lots of people feel about the
“new 1958” cars that are trying to match the Dodge
Swept-Wing look. These other cars have been lowered
some, but still seem high and boxy by comparison. A
lew are “catching on” to fins, but they’re years from
>
“catching up.” And the air suspesision offered by some
cars (at well over $100 extra) can’t compare with the
sway-free, dip-free ride of Dodge Torsion-A Ve (standard
equipment on all models). So on your waj home from
someone else’s new car showing, stop in and compare it
with Swept-Wing 58 by Dodge. You’D see what we mean.
See Swepi-Wing 58 by Dodge at Clark’s Garage Phoine 3444
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