RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hills recounts his family's coming to and settling in Alberni in 1885. He describes the town site; making a living; the mills; clearing the land; transportation; roads; the stage in 1890; railway; early characters; schooling; the creamery; farming in the valley; settlements; Port Alberni; World War I; and lumber mills. TRACK 2: Mr. Hills continues with his discussion about Anderson; Mill, the stamp mill, located in Port Alberni; the naming of Alberni; mining; logging; the railway; the cable line; and social life in Alberni. He recalls Indian settlements in Alberni; their ceremonial dances; fishing; hunting techniques; dugout canoes; and their relationship with early settlers. He talks about Adam Horne; Malcolm Sproat; his father and mother; his childhood; his first work as a shepherd; cougars; and bears.