Show 4 roalin around with the NEA one in a series of articles by albert W V epperson who ret bently returned from a trip national editorial As with the to alaska clation to 0 it was 7 pm ou on june 9 when our N 1 the ae aleutian sailed out ot of P juneau harbor and headed for the fl 1 ley icy straits and the gulf of alaska heretofore we had traveled in waters on the inland protected but late the evening ot of pIs passage sage june 9 we wele sailing the open bern sea bea vi via a the alaskan gu gulf if j i northern nort lion bitting the ithe open sea portion voyage the aleutian seemed of our to lose her soothing foil and the tormy stormy wea weather ther caused her to pitch and roll in a most alarming 1 banner anner alarming I 1 say because majority of the hitherto a great good sailors of our NEA party be gan to notice a squeamishness that i for or SOMO some was not allayed I 1 few there were the morning of I 1 june 10 who came in to enjoy a hearty bearty breakfast arid and noticeably i were all of the 13 young people aboard it was a day of discussion of seasick remedies for who ventured from their bunks the stewardess steward ess nu nurse rs e was busily engaged in arx passing out dram I 1 1 mine tablets new seasick pills and crew members and officials of the alaska steamship company were giving varied remedies guaranteed sn teed to sooth the troubled innards 11 i all day sunday and sunhay sunday night we crossed the gulf with heavy reins rains falling most of the way and 1 4 ZM A X air view of cordova alaska a stiff wind whipping tho tha salt water into a spray but we survived none the worse for or the temporary discomfort and early monday morning june 11 we came into cordova through prince william sound and by this time we had traveled 1343 nautical miles from seattle cordova a city of 1700 persons was once known as the copper gateway of alaska for it w was here that the copper corp had vast operations until 1339 1939 with the closing of the mine the copper river luver northwestern railroad also suspended 1 operations and the community ral lItY ot of cordova was left without land transportation into the inter lon ion its citizens hope that the gov will build a highway along al iong the line of the abandoned ra railroad rail alro roid a to connect with the richardson highway and then with the alaska highway today the chief industry of cordova Is seafood salmon clam and crab canneries and herring packing plants offer a market for the fisherman named by the spanish explorer 1 Caama in 1792 it N was a not until 1881 that captain abercrombie made the first american trip of exploration in the area in III view of the tact fact that the presence of rich in tact fact almost pure copper had been known since prior to the spanish exploration it la is strange that even after the abercromble Abercrom hie survey it was some time before copper was discovered it was in 1899 that an indian chief revealed a deposit of carrying 85 percent copper during the years which followed the completion of the copper river northwestern railroad more than a hundred milli million on dollars worth of copper passed over ever its rails to the waiting steam steamers L rs at cordova the climate of cordova Is mild summer temperatures are between 55 and 70 degrees while in winter it seldom goes to zero hovering most of the time between 30 and 50 degrees just right for outdoor sports acco according riding to the cordova chamber or of commerce this community Is served by the cordova times a weekly per published by the bosner co harold n B william E R and marian B beaner this newspaper at the time the national editorial association visited alaska in 1939 was a daily newspaper and a reproduction of the front page of thursday june 22 1939 was carried on the front page of 0 a special edition welcoming our group on oa june 11 AS AB a momento from cordova each member of our party was given a can of 0 the famous copper river king salmon specially hand packed and contributed by the can naties of the cordova area dy by 10 am our ship was wa underway again for the short hop to valdez aldez Vl with a visit at the famous columbia glacier to be continued |