Posts by Golden BC Museum

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…

Have you ever seen the book called “Sawdust Caesars” by Denis Marshall? It’s the story of the lumbering in the Salmon Arm area. The reason that I’m sharing this information is that many of the key players in the saga were once residents of…

Late in 1997, the Golden Museum was asked to do some research work for a woman from Valemount who was interested in writing a book about the first Supreme Court Trial to…

This story of the Holt family was prepared by Nora Holt, and tells the story of several of Golden’s early settlers, and includes the Underhill, and Peters’ families as well…