Come with me to yesterday : tales retold of pioneer days in East Kootenay
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20103
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1972
- Author
- Kay, Dave and D.A. MacDonald
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : D.A. MacDonald and D. Kay
- Edition
- Augmented ed.
- Call Number
- 08.2 K18c
- Author
- Kay, Dave and D.A. MacDonald
- Responsibility
- Dave Kay and D.A. MacDonald
- Edition
- Augmented ed.
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : D.A. MacDonald and D. Kay
- Published Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 88 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of articles pulled from the weekly column of the Cranbrook Courier. The intent behind the publication was to tell the history, and share the stories of those who settled in the East Kootenay area. Readers can expect to receive a personal experience, while learning more about the early settlers of the East Kootenay area.
- Contents
- Foreword (pg. 3)
- Early explorers of East Kootenay (pg. 4)
- Fort Steele in its heyday (pg. 5)
- Christmas at "the Ferry", 1869 (pg. 11)
- Dave Griffith's fireplace (pg. 14)
- Dave Griffith, A wild Horse pioneer (pg. 15)
- The wonders of wild horse (pg. 16)
- Murder on wild horse -
- An interview with Bob Dore (pg. 19)
- Michael Phillipps (pg. 22)
- Blazing the Crows Nest Pass Trail (pg. 23)
- An appreciation (pg. 25)
- The Sinclairs (pg. 27)
- Father Coccola, Early Missionary (pg. 28)
- Building the Dewdney Trail (pg. 32)
- The Galbrath Brothers, John and Robert (pg. 35)
- North West Mounted Police and Sam Steele (pg. 38)
- Steamboating days in East Kootenay (pg. 46)
- On the upper Columbia (pg. 47)
- On the upper Kootenay (pg. 50)
- Steamboating at Bonners Ferry (pg. 54)
- Henry W. Barr (pg. 55)
- The Mathers, another pioneer family (pg. 58)
- N.A. Wallinger (pg. 60)
- Crankbrook's beginnings (pg. 63)
- Henry E. Seelye, Ffirst customs officer (pg. 63)
- The Galbraiths at Crankbook (pg. 64)
- Colonel James Baker (pg. 65)
- V.Hyde Baker (pg. 66)
- First Customs Officers (pg. 68)
- First Buildings (pg. 68)
- Events leading to the discovery of the Sullivan Mine at Kimberley (pg. 72)
- Marysville, "Smelter City" (pg. 75)
- St. Mary's Valley Railroad (pg. 76)
- Marysville's First Dance (pg. 77)
- Perry Creek (pg. 78)
- The New Perry Creek (pg. 80)
- History of Fernie, 1898 to 1902 (pg. 82)
- Wardner, Sawmill Town (pg. 84)
- Francois and Baptiste Morigeau (pg.86)
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 K18c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Fort Steele : frontier mining town of the Kootenays
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8160
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Kay, Dave
- Publisher
- Cranbrook : Cranbrook Courier
- Edition
- Enlarged ed
- Call Number
- 08.3 F77k Pam 1969
- 08.3 F77k Pam 1934
- Author
- Kay, Dave
- Responsibility
- Dave Kay, D.A. MacDonald
- Edition
- Enlarged ed
- Publisher
- Cranbrook : Cranbrook Courier
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 24p. : ill., port
- Notes
- Library also has 1st (1966) ed
- Accession Number
- 400 (2)
- Call Number
- 08.3 F77k Pam 1969
- 08.3 F77k Pam 1934
- Collection
- Archives Library
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potentially offensive content.
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