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December 1, 2015

Norwegian settlers left beer bottles in walls of Alaska hall

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — Artifacts left behind by Norwegian settlers are on display at one of Petersburg's oldest buildings.

Carpenters working on the 103-year-old Sons of Norway hall found beer bottles in a wall and a leather notebook and a knife holder beneath the floor of an upstairs men's restroom, KFSK-FM reported.

Rainier was printed on one beer bottle label, and the other read Olympia, both dated in 1906. Jill Williams, a lodge member for over 40 years, says she lightly dusted off the glass because she didn't want to take all the grim off.

“They were in the walls, inside the wall, like they had just drank their beer and then dropped it down in the walls and closed up the wall,” she said.

She said this could mean the hall houses more artifacts.

“I'm thinking there's probably more treasures in the walls that haven't been found,” she said.




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