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William Brennan interview

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Brennan discusses his early years; coming to Kamloops because of lung troubles; Kamloops described; cattle drives to the railroad; joined survey for CNR along the North Thompson; driving logs down river. TRACK 2: Brennan describes cattle drives from Nicola country; cows; horses; Sam Pau, who was an Indian cowboy; an incident with cattle on a bridge; pre-war Englishmen in BC; Fruitlands Company buying up ranches; Roper of Cherry Creek; Bill Miner trial and escape; Bill Miner's life as a prospector and church supporter; and Bill Fortune's comments.

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Brennan continues with anecdotes about Bill Fortune and his wife; Bill Miner stories; Haney brothers train robbery; remittance men in Kamloops; Rideau school at Musian Flats; Father Morice and Father Le Jeune, who gave Indian names to CPR stations. TRACK 2: Talented priests; Indian quest in Red River rebellion; passion play; Indians then and now; Father Le Jeune's Chinook newspaper;, "Kamloops Wawa"; the Indian schools then and now; more on Bill Fortune and ranches.

W.H. Smith, A. McPhail or Adam Heffley, and a Cariboo camel, Grande Prairie BC

Item is a photograph of a camel taken on the Ingram estate in Grande Prairie BC, now Westwold BC. The man holding the rope is W.H. Smith. The man on the camel is either A. McPhail or Adam Heffley. There is a caption on the front and back of the photograph.

*Caption on front: Camels in BC. Introduced into the colony in May, 1862 by Frank Laumeister - 21 in the band. The last survivor of which died about 1905. 1. W.H. Smith with rope. 2. A. McPhail. Taken 1888 at the back of Ingram estate, Grand Prairie.

*Caption on back: Cariboo camel. Man riding camel identified as Adam Heffley. Information from his great-great-grandson...from a comparison of this with other pictures in the possession of his mother.

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