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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSP2_cottonwood-house_Quesnel-BC.html
For over half a century the Boyd family operated this haven for man and beast. Here weary travellers found lodging, food, and drink. Here fresh horses were hitched to stage-coaches and miners bought supplies.This historic road-house, built in 1864…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSOZ_richfield-courthouse_Anderson-BC.html
Built in 1882, this is British Columbia's oldest surviving courthouse, replacing one which stood here from 1862-1882. By 1918, declining population in Richfield led to the building's closure. Designated a Provincial historic object in 1945, it was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNP_cariboo-gold-fields_Flora-BC.html
English:A search for the source of placer gold found on lower parts of the Fraser River led to discoveries of lode mines in the Cariboo, of which Williams Creek, is said to have yielded $19,000,000. As a centre of population in the 1860's, the gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNN_cornish-wheel-pump_Burlington-BC.html
This overshot water wheel is 16 feet in diameter. It is modeled after wheels and pumps used in the tin mines of Cornwall. The early miners found that the pay gravel often lay 40 to 100 feet under the surface. The wheels were used to pump the water…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSJ9_chee-kung-tong-building_Vandalia-BC.html
This rare example of a 19th century Chinese benevolent society hall conformed to a Chee Kung Tong tradition that placed services to members on the ground floor and formal functions above. With its hostel, kitchen, and meeting and ceremonial spaces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LT_to-the-goldfields_Lac-la-Hache-BC.html
In the 1860s, the fabulous Cariboo goldfields were a lure to thousands. Miners, traders, and adventurers, many afoot, some with wheelbarrows, shared the pioneer route with mule trains, plodding oxen, freight wagons, and swaying stage-coaches.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LP_collins-overland-international-telegraph_Quesnel-BC.html
Promoted by Perry Collins, the U.S. Commercial Agent in Russia, and dependent on the Western Union Telegraph Company's money, men and technology for its execution, this early telegraph line roused the enthusiasm of the white residents of British C…