The Chilkat Valley looked a lot different when Dr. Stan Jones first boarded the Malaspina ferry in 1963 headed to Haines to take over the town’s medical practice. 

During a party celebrating his 93rd birthday at the Haines Presbyterian Church in early January, Jones told the story of his arrival to a town with a young population and a robust logging industry.

There were more babies and injuries. 

“There was more trauma,” Jones said. “When…

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