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The Cariboo Sentinel: Barkerville Then & Now

The Cariboo Sentinel: Barkerville Then and Now



 

 

The Halpenny Letters
Published in the Gold Rush Trail Journal for the first time ever these amazing letters speak from the heart about the life of a young man who left his home and family far behind in search of the glory and riches of a goldrush.


John Jessop - Overlander - Adventurer
from "This Hard Land" by Richard Thomas Wright


Gold Dust & Murder
- The Vicious Exploits of Boone Helm


Barkerville Burns
- A First Hand Account of the Conflagration

Wells
- Read the latest? news to rock this 1930's gold mining town...

Indian Attack
- Survivor Strikes Gold on Williams Creek

Bowron Lake Provinical Park
- a 116 km protected chain of lakes that is a canoeist's paradise (courtesy Evan Williams)

Tragedy & Riches
- The Story of Cariboo Cameron

Gold Struck!
- 102 Pounds Taken Out in Eight Hours

Murderer Will Hang
- The Trial of James Barry

First Among Men
- A Story of Sir Matthew Ballie Begbie, Chief Justice of British Columbia

In Other News

The Dancing Gals of Cariboo of 1866: A Song

Unfortunate Accident


Precarious Income

A Hoax: Execution of Jefferson Davis

Revenge on a Bank: A true account of Baron von Rothchild v. The Bank of England (1867)

Tookoolitka: A Romance

The Ten Commandments: Life's guiding principles, as miners see them.

A Fatal Kiss: A story of 'love gone wrong'

Hard Luck by James Andersen

A Wells Landmark Burns: A detailed account of the fire that destroyed a local landmark and important piece of 1930's history in Wells;

 
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