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.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index
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- 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
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- CaBNVSL
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (288 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00604524 (OCoLC)244771126 (CaOOCEL)419885
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 8
- CHAPTER 1 Clinton to the 108 Mile House 12
- CHAPTER 2 Halfway House to Horsefly, 1859–1945 44
- CHAPTER 3 111 Mile House to the 150 Mile House 58
- CHAPTER 4 158 Mile House to the 170 Mile House 100
- CHAPTER 5 The River Trail, Williams Lake to Webster’s Ranch 126
- CHAPTER 6 Australian Ranch to Harrison House 170
- CHAPTER 7 Quesnelle Mouth to Cold Spring House 200
- CHAPTER 8 Cottonwood House to Richfield 246
- Bibliography 280
- Index 284
- A 284
- B 284
- C 284
- D 285
- E 285
- F 285
- G 286
- H 286
- I 286
- J 286
- K 286
- L 286
- M 286
- N 287
- O 287
- P 287
- Q 288
- R 288
- S 288
- T 289
- U 289
- V 289
- W 289
- Y 289