Cathy Sherman
Cathy Sherman is a City Council member, volunteer historian, and retired director of the Cordova library and Historical Museum. Sherman has been contributing to The Cordova Times for over a decade.
The Moose Lodge: One of Cordova’s last social organizations
The membership for the lodge ebbs and flows like our tides, and the Moose Lodge is continually looking for folks interested in supporting the establishment and its good work in Cordova.
Cordova Cooks: Happy berry season!
Sherman writes that she delved back into the Cordova’s Cookin’ 1955 recipe book to see what locals were doing with berries 70 years ago.
Cordova Cooks: Lighter, cooler meals for the summer
Cathy Sherman gives us some light summer recipes.
Iceworm history
An annual mid-winter tradition since 1961, the Iceworm Festival is a one-of-a-kind celebration for a unique Alaskan town. Here’s how it all started:
A couple...
Rainy Iceworm
Not all Iceworm Festivals are snowy with clear blue skies! This Iceworm parade took place on a rainy year, but it didn’t deter the...
Egg Hatch
The egg hatch was a fun feature of the Iceworm Festival beginning in 1966, when the first “egg” was frozen and displayed in a...
The history of the Bidarki Rec Center
After a recent City Council budget work session, I started thinking about the long history of the
building we now call the Bidarki Recreation Center....
Eustace Paul Ziegler & Cordova, part III
Eustace Paul Ziegler boarded the S.S. Yucatan for Cordova and after a week’s voyage in January storms and snow across the Gulf of Alaska,...
Eustace Paul Ziegler and Cordova, part II
How did Eustace Ziegler make his way to Alaska? His father’s well-schooled work ethic evidently set in early for this young man. He is...
Eustace Paul Ziegler & Cordova Part I
Recently the Cordova Times editor, Elin Johnson, had an opportunity to visit the Frye Art Museum in Seattle and shared this Eustace Ziegler art...
