A bit of Fort Seward history surfaced recently when a 50-pound, unopened crate of soda ash addressed to the quartermaster at Chilkoot Barracks was discovered near the fairgrounds parking lot.
Lohnn Richey, who has plots in the fairgrounds’ community garden, came across the wooden crate with stenciled lettering on a nearby Haines Borough slash pile.
It apparently came from the upstairs of the newly remodeled Port Chilkoot fire hall. Fire hall co-owner Phyllis Sage said…
