Posts by Golden BC Museum

Written by Colleen Palumbo, photo credit Golden Museum and Archives To truly understand the power of the press, one has to have read an editorial written by pioneer printer, John Houston. John Houston was…

Written by Colleen Palumbo for Turning Back the Pages in 2014 Elizabeth Thatcher was a women of character who came to the Columbia Valley in 1909, with her husband, the Rev. Ernest Thatcher,…

The Whiskey Trail From the Book Kinbasket Country published by the Golden & District Historical Society – 1972 During construction the whole of the north-west was “dry”, and in British…

This article was researched and written by Jim Sime for the Golden Rod and Gun Club. It was submitted for publication in 2000 Golden Memories. The first travel by non-natives…

The following article was written by Carl Moren and submitted to the collective history held at the Golden Museum. it was contributed in 2000. Carl died at age 94 in…

Elizabeth Thatcher came to the Columbia Valley in 1909, with her husband, the Rev. Ernest Thatcher, to minister to the congregation of St Paul’s Anglican in Golden. During their time…

Sometimes even today a character will come along that really merits remembering. You’ve probably known someone like that or have heard of them at least, those that had the uncanny…

February 17, 1933 – The Golden Star Spot Lights in History of Golden One of the advance little towns that sprang into existence when the Canadian Pacific Railway commenced to…

Building The Kicking Horse Trail From 2000 Golden Memories The completion of the Kicking Horse Trail marked the end of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time and…

Museum Memoirs by Colleen Palumbo Mountain Tragedy We have managed over the last 100 years to learn how to cause humankind to live longer. We have antibiotics to combat infection…