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The Harrison Family first came to the Columbia Valley in 1903 taking up a homestead on the south side of Deadman’s Creek.  These are the unedited memories of Stan Harrison.…

The information in the following article come primarily from the great geographer, astronomer and mapmaker David Thompson’s daily journals (1784 to 1812) and his later interpretation of these journals into…

From The Province – 30th November 1935, Saturday Historians and Old-timer Talk of Rogers Pass Sir, – H. H. Cleugh took exception to a statement which he says was made…

The Golden Star – 11 Aug 1968 – Page 4 Steamboat Mail Service Recalled The delivery service set up in various parts of Canada during the postal strike, brought to…

February 9 – 1983 – The Golden Star WELCOME CPR CP confirmed last week that golden will be the site for a $40 million coal car repair depot. The announcement…

Nostalgia – September 5, 1979  A REGULAR FEATURE IN THE GOLDEN STAR Bill Crandall story as told to Mike Redfern. It’s seldom you’ll find a man these days who’s still…

Keith King was running for a position on town council and had the following writeup in an ad that appeared in the Golden Star.  Less than a year later the…

Memories of Sid Webber Told by Fred Jacobs to Colleen Palumbo in an interview in the winter of January 2000. For context Fred Jacobs was a well-known trapper and hunter…

By Paul Hambruch For 2000 Golden Memories The Golden Flower Shop, owned and operated by myself and my wife Ingrid, came into being on March the 2nd 1961. We had…