On April 15, 1945, more than 120 Alaskans who never wanted to be in Ketchikan in the first place were finally allowed to go home.

A century ago, Ketchikan formed Alaska’s first Rotary Club. In the fall of 1924, Harry C. Nunan, the Ketchikan manager for the New England Fish Company, had the idea of bringing the then 19-year-old ...