Item T1095:0001 - John H. Wilson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-04-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. John Wilson talks about life and people in the Peachland area, 1910 to 1920. He begins with stories about the Miller brothers including hunting and fishing; a description of the two you;ng Englishmen coming to the Okanagan in 1910; fruit farming; Fred and Lionel Akins; impressions of what life was like then, including 'toughness'; odd jobs; the real estate boom; logging; J.M. Robinso;n and the beginning of Peachland; real estate dealings; more on Robinson; settlement in the Westbank area; stories about the Gellatly family; drinking; various people; life in Peachland and travel in ;the Okanagan. TRACK 2: Mr. Wilson tells the story of the shooting of a policeman on a sternwheeler; Bob Angus, who was the village cop; antics in Peachland; a brawl in Kelowna; rough characters; an ;attempt to exchange land with Indians; stories about "Big Tex" and the McDougall family; more on the McDougalls; Jim Silver; Harry Hardy and his cabin; the Granite Creek trail; Jacques of Jacques Cree;k; Paddy Acland; the Silver King Mine and Alec Miller.;