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Trails to Gold : Roadhouses of the Cariboo, Volume Two

1996

The pioneer roadhouses between Clinton and Barkerville provide a living heritage of the colourful era of the Cariboo gold rush. While thousands plodded toward Barkerville dreaming of pay dirt on Williams Creek, always seeking a faster route to the motherlode, a separate breed of settlers created the shelters that would ease their journey. The trail was everchanging, and when the rush was over the Cariboo-Chilcotin was left with a mosaic of roadhouses and a legacy to build on. These structures had their own stories, tales of wild nights and human heartbreak, sagas of sin and sincerity.

In the first volume of Trails to Gold, the author described the early inns, primarily south of Clinton, which preceded the construction of the Cariboo Road between 1862 and 1865. This volume completes the story of the peak years of a gold rush that British Columbia will never forget.

history transportation roads british columbia taverns (inns) description and travel 19th century gold discoveries cariboo (b.c. : regional district)

Authors

Branwen C Patenaude

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
971.1/7
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
20
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
n-cn-bc
ISBN
9781459331013 1895811090
LCCN
F1087
LCCN Item number
P23 1995 v.2eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaBNVSL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (288 p.)
Published in
Canada
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)thg00604524 (OCoLC)244771126 (CaOOCEL)419885
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaBNVSL

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