RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Kosikar recounts his father's coming to homestead in the Columbia Valley in 1889; US/Canada border and land registration; clearing the homestead; farming; pioneer life; roads; working; Sumas; early settlers; logging; railways; the border; social events; schooling; smugglers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dorko recounts his family's coming to the Columbia Valley in 1896; logging; railways; the cement and lime plant; roads and trails; Maple Falls; schooling; clearing land; hunting; jobs; life in the area; social events; other settlers in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Dorko speaks about marketing dairy products; the border; childhood memories; bootleggers; school teachers; students; land ownership; border problems.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Shingler recounts the arrival of her father [Mike Dorko] in the Columbia Valley in 1897; the family home; her mother's life on the family farm; the community; early settlers; schooling; social events; the US/Canada border; Columbia Station; trails and roads; homesteading; clearing land; farming; the Campbell River Logging Co.; logging; hardships of the pioneers. TRACK 2: Mrs. Shingler talks about incidents at the border; bootlegging; ethnic groups in the area; churches; schooling; picnics; her mother's hardships on the farm; fellow students; sewing a new dress for the school picnic.