Pickard's place; or 173 Mile House, thirteen miles north of Soda Creek.
- A-03911
- Item
- [ca. 1870]
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Pickard's place; or 173 Mile House, thirteen miles north of Soda Creek.
Cottonwood House, a family in their car.
Freight wagons and automobiles at 153 Mile House.
Part of Frank Cyril Swannell fonds
An early automobile being passed by a freight team on the Cariboo Road.
Part of Frank Cyril Swannell fonds
Car On Cariboo Road Near Quesnel.
Automobiles On Cariboo Road 105 Mile House.
Two early autmobiles and their passengers stopped on the Cariboo Road near 105 Mile House.
Part of Frank Cyril Swannell fonds
Part of Frank Cyril Swannell fonds
Eary automobiles and admirers at 122 Mile House.
Part of Frank Cyril Swannell fonds
Isaac Ogden, son of Peter Ogden, at Lac La Hache.
"Alexandra Bridge, Fraser River Highway, BC"; Yale.
The Cariboo Highway between Yale and Boston Bar.
Barkerville By Moonlight In Snow.
St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Barkerville.
"Lakeview Hotel, William's Lake BC".
Barkerville old-timers help in collecting historia material.
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
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.
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.