Download or read book Friends of Barkerville Cariboo Goldfields Historical Society written by Friends of Barkerville and Cariboo Goldfields Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields written by Richard Thomas Wright and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller. The legendary town of Barkerville is flourishing today, just as it did more than 150 years ago, but this time under the care of professional and amateur historians. Richard Thomas Wright peels back the pages of history as he unearths the area’s history and chronicles the fortunes and the follies of gold-rush-era Barkerville. The result of years of around-the-world research, Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields brings to life the men and women of the creeks who came in search of gold and left their mark on BC history. Wright mined the archives to bring forth new information on the development of the Cariboo goldfields and nearby places of interest. Barkerville includes dozens of little-known historical photos and a complete index. It is the best, most comprehensive source of detailed information on this important national heritage site.
Download or read book Barkerville Williams Creek Cariboo written by Richard Wright and published by Williams Lake, B.C. : Winter Quarters Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this new, revised edition of a Canadian bestseller. This book brings to life the men and women of the creeks, who came in search of gold and left their mark on B.C. history.
Download or read book Hiking the Cariboo Goldfields written by Garry Edwards and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the 1861 Gold Rush Pack Trail in the footsteps of those determined miners who first discovered the riches of the Cariboo. Hike the Historic Goat River Trail, originally cleared in 1886 and since restored as a 91 kilometre-long hiking trail between the upper Fraser River and Bowron Lake Provincial Park. Follow the route between Barkerville and Wells through Stout's Gulch and Lowhee Creek for a fascinating look at the impact of hydraulic mining, or climb one of the surrounding peaks for a spectacular view of goldfields country and the Cariboo Mountains to the east. This guide features accurate trail maps, user friendly trail descriptions and interesting information about the natural and historical landscape you are passing through.--Cover.
Download or read book The Americas written by Trudy Ring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4]
Download or read book Stagecoach North written by Ken Mather and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the origins and operations of a pioneering transportation company that moved people and goods across the province throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush, demand for an efficient transportation route to and from the goldfields was reaching a point of desperation. With a lack of reliable roads to traverse the vast and rugged BC landscape, delivering food, mining equipment, and mail to the newly built gold rush towns was a constant challenge, not to mention the logistics of transporting people. This book tells the fascinating story of one company that attempted to connect the province at an unprecedented time of growth and change. Barnard’s Express (1862–1878), later known as BX or the British Columbia Express Company (1878–1921) reflects the ingenuity, risk, and enterprising spirit of the era. Focusing on the stagecoach line, which ran from Yale to Barkerville from 1864 until 1886 and from Ashcroft to Barkerville after the construction of the CPR, historian Ken Mather uncovers new details about the gold rush through the lens of this groundbreaking company’s operations. Rich in anecdotes and character sketches backed up with extensive research, this is the first full-length book to cover the history of one of BC’s most important early businesses.
Download or read book Wagon Road North written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail. First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road—the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way to the Cariboo goldfields in the 1860s—this newly updated, expanded, and re-designed edition brings to life the adventures, hardships, and blind ambitions of the men and women who risked everything in the quest for gold. Packed with more than one hundred archival photos, many of them rarely seen, as well as maps and contemporary images of historical sites, this fascinating book is a visual celebration of a pivotal chapter in early BC history.
Download or read book Barkerville the Cariboo Gold Rush written by British Columbia Genealogical Society. Quesnel Branch and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Series 2 Barkerville the Cariboo Gold Rush Historical View for Genealogists written by Quesnel Branch of the B.C. Genealogical Society and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mining West written by Richard E. Lingenfelter and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set cites books, pamphlets, maps, music, directories, and other published materials (excluding materials from technical and popular magazines and newspapers) on the history of mining in the American and Canadian West. Topics covered include prospecting, mining rushes and camps, and mining finance, labor, technology, law, literature, and lore. The initial portion provides general information on mining and metalurgical technology. The subsequent regional sections are subdivided into refined historical studies, raw materials, fictional and poetic treatments, and bibliographical guides to further materials. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book First Son written by Faith Moosang and published by Presenatation House Gallery. This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kimbal Creek Secrets written by Marg Sharp-Eagle and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1865, and word of the booming gold rush in British Columbia, brings 13 year-old Jamie Stewart and his older brother, Oliver, to Barkerville, then up into the mountains to Kimbal Creek. When they pull out a good amount of gold and some large nuggets, near the creek, and because the boys know they have to make it legal, Oliver heads back to Barkerville to register their claim on this creek. Jamie is alone, with just the rifle and their little dog for protection. It doesn't take long though, before Jamie discovers they are not alone! First he's scared half to death when a white wolf suddenly appears out of nowhere, and disappears just as quickly. Then an enchanted Raven tells him about five boys who have been shrunk to the size of Leprechauns, and these poor little boys are being forced to dig for gold every day! Jamie decides that he must find a way to break the spell that has been cast upon all of them; but can he do it? And what will he do when they tell him that the white wolf isn't the only secret on Kimbal Creek?
Download or read book Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields written by Richard Wright and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller. The legendary town of Barkerville is flourishing today, just as it did more than 150 years ago, but this time under the care of professional and amateur historians. Richard Thomas Wright peels back the pages of history as he unearths the area's history and chronicles the fortunes and the follies of gold-rush-era Barkerville. The result of years of around-the-world research, Barkerville and the Cariboo Goldfields brings to life the men and women of the creeks who came in search of gold and left their mark on BC history. Wright mined the archives to bring forth new information on the development of the Cariboo goldfields and nearby places of interest. Barkerville includes dozens of little-known historical photos and a complete index. It is the best, most comprehensive source of detailed information on this important national heritage site.
Download or read book Barkerville Days written by Fred W. Ludditt and published by Mitchell. This book was released on 1969 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of Barkerville and its Cariboo goldfields.
Download or read book Barkerville 150 Years of Pure Gold written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barkerville Historic Town commemorates the Cariboo Gold Rush and 150 years of the community, 1862-2012.
Download or read book Barkerville written by Bruce Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Hope written by Beverley Boissery and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial history tells the stories of the lives involved in this tumultuous but decisive moment in Canadian history.
