Posts by Golden BC Museum
A Deck of Dog Eared Cards
This area. That we love and have come to call home wasn’t always the wondrous place that it is today. There was a time, 130 or so years ago when…
Read MoreGOLDEN NEAR EXTINCTION
Friday, April 24, 1931 – The Golden Star Fire Destroys Considerable Portion of Business Section; Whole Town Endangered WednesdayThe origin of the fire has not been determined, but the blaze…
Read MoreScarves and Hats and Mittens from Dog Fur
From time to time I share with you some of our more unusual museum items. Things like tramp art, a 17th century Japanese soldier’s mask, a letter from King William…
Read MoreBig Bend Gold Rush
Mining in the area that we know as Big Bend Country was underway as early as 1864 but the chief activities took place between 1865-66. The following report from the…
Read MoreAPPALLING DISASTER IN PALLISER TUNNEL
The Golden Star – Oct 15, 1921 Double-Header Freight Crashed Into Cave-In Fourteen Miles East of Golden SEVEN ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT Traffic Detoured over Kootenay Central Route…
Read MoreRecreation in Golden, BC
From the book titled “Kinbasket Country” the story of Golden and the Columbia Valley, comes a look at some of the old-time recreation that took place in the valley. Since…
Read MoreJAMES MEAGHER CARROLL AND THE DONNOLLY MURDERS
It’s like Christmas when the Golden Museum received a large lot of old legal documents that pertain to some of the homesteads in the area. The names on the paperwork…
Read MoreMurder at Field, BC
As is evidenced by the excavation and assessment carried out on the bodies removed by Simon Frazer University from the Golden Pioneer Cemetery, violence played a big role in the…
Read MoreCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Golden, BC
Have you ever thought about the number of times in a month you go to the bank? With cash machines all over the place, banking by phone and my personal…
Read MoreRogers Pass Snow Slide 1899
We have managed over the last 100 years to learn how to cause humankind to live longer. We have antibiotics to combat infection and pneumonia, two of the most common…
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