Posts Tagged ‘Golden BC’
First Sikh Temple in North America
The great famine of 1899-1900 was responsible for the deaths of millions of people in India. Initially brought on by a heavy drought and crop failures, living conditions were exasperated…
Read MoreThe John Barr Family
From the Nostalgia Column of the Golden Star, November 8, 1978 Five generations of the Barr family have lived and are living in the East Kootenays. This family who’s our…
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 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 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 MoreEdelweiss Swiss Village
Shortly after the first trains of the C.P.R. crossed the mountains on their long haul to the Pacific Coast, reports of jagged peaks and unclimbed summits began to bring mountaineers…
Read MoreWorking on the Big Bend
From the Golden Star – August 28, 1936 When Canadian Pacific engineers faced the frowning heights from the junction of the Kicking Horse and Columbia rivers they had a choice of two paths. They could have sighted their transits north and…
Read MoreCountess of Dufferin
Museums are a way of preserving articles so that future generations have the opportunity to see “the real thing.” It’s an opportunity for people to see things as they once were, see them in operation…
Read MoreGolden Legion Branch #122
An organizational meeting to form the Golden Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion was held on Thursday, April 16th in the dining room of the Russell Hotel. The Golden Branch…
Read More