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Cariboo Region (B.C.) Automobiles
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F.W. Pinchbeck interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fred W. Pinchbeck describes his father, William Pinchbeck, who came from England and settled a ranch and roadhouse above Williams Lake in the 1880s; Indians and other local ranchers; his own life with his widowed mother at Victoria and Kamloops; and Bill Miner stories. TRACK 2: Mr. Pinchbeck continues with more Bill Miner stories; work at Wilcox Hardware in Kamloops; the first cars; in the area; blacksmith work; local characters; bars and sporting houses; the McLean brothers; more blacksmith work; and railway construction.

Bob French interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life as a Cariboo cowboy and stage driver RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Bob French arrived in the Cariboo in 1892 at the age of 13. Driving a stage coach; robbers on the road from Barkerville. Life as a cowboy. Head cowboy on the Gang ranch. Cattle drives to Ashcroft. Crossing rivers. The first automobiles in the area.