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Author : Art Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier written by Art Downs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier written by Art Downs and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company. This book was released on 1972 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier, Volume One ; the Story of B.C. Sternwheel Steamers written by Art Downs and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier written by Art Downs and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier written by Art Downs and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. G. Harvey
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1927051118
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Carving the Western Path written by R. G. Harvey and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century of dealmaking and government misdeeds forms the backdrop of this entertaining account of sternwheelers, iron horses and mountain roads. Battling factions of rail builders crossed many a line in the sand as they carved up both the land and the spoils of industry. Did both federal and provincial politicians wittingly sabotage road-construction programs to the benefit of the rail barons? Were Cornelius Van Horne, Major A.B. Rogers and Andrew McCulloch fully deserving of the accolades bestowed on them? Was railway man J.J. Hill a genius or an opportunist? R.G. Harvey has applied a keen mind and deft pen to uncover skulduggery in politics and critical routing errors by the early surveyors and engineers who "carved their western paths." In turn he has exposed new scars and wrinkles to add to historic portraits otherwise untainted.
Author : Robert Gourlay Harvey
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781895811742
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Carving the Western Path written by Robert Gourlay Harvey and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of British Columbia's transportation systems north of the Canadian National Railway's mainline may not be well known--but it certainly is colourful. Continuing the story he began in the first volume of Carving the Western Path, R.G. Harvey describes the development of river, road and rail routes that crossed the northern two-thirds of BC. This was a land of dreams and schemes that seemed to feed on each other. It started with the Collins Overland Telegraph, a communication link that was to connect Europe and America in the 1860s. Though this plan collapsed with the success of the trans-Atlantic cable, the telegraph surveyors established patterns for future roads and settlement. They also sparked the Omineca gold rush. It was a land full of larger-than-life characters, including: Charles Hays, who dreamed of a major seaport at Prince Rupert but died on the Titanic before he could realize his vision. Charles Bedaux, who in the 1930s carved his 416-mile path into the northern Rockies. Railway promoters Warburton Pike, Sir Edward Phillipps-Wolley, William Mackenzie and Donald Mann, who got gifts of land and money but couldn't always meet their promises. Their stories mingle with those of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Alaska Highway, the White Pass and Yukon Railway and those of the sternwheelers, fur traders, gold miners and other adventurers who were drawn to this last frontier.
Author : Art Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Paddlewheels on the Frontier; the Story of B.C.-Yukon Sternwheel Steamers, Volume Two written by Art Downs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772033618
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Wagon Road North written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail. First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road—the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way to the Cariboo goldfields in the 1860s—this newly updated, expanded, and re-designed edition brings to life the adventures, hardships, and blind ambitions of the men and women who risked everything in the quest for gold. Packed with more than one hundred archival photos, many of them rarely seen, as well as maps and contemporary images of historical sites, this fascinating book is a visual celebration of a pivotal chapter in early BC history.
Author : Steven C. Levi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233551
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book The Clara Nevada written by Steven C. Levi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-14 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a mysterious shipwreck during the Klondike gold rush. In early February 1898, witnesses reported a giant orange fireball reflected in the glacial waters of Alaska’s Lynn Canal. At the height of Klondike gold fever, the Clara Nevada disappeared into an epic storm, taking passengers and priceless cargo with her. Was the explosion an accident—or a robbery gone wrong? Did Captain C.H. Lewis make off with $165,000—$13.6 million in today’s currency—in raw gold? Or was the sinking simply a case of a sea-weary steamer meeting an untimely end? Alaska historian Steven C. Levi combs the archives to piece together the true account of the Clara Nevada’s final voyage, attempting to solve the riddle of the lost steamer that resurfaced ten years after that tragic night and became known as Alaska’s ghost ship.
Author : Clara Vyvyan
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 1772120901
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)
Download or read book The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat written by Clara Vyvyan and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, two British women came from Cornwall to Edmonton and travelled through northern Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon by rail, sternwheeler, and canoe. For the women, it was a liberating experience, yet Vyvyan's narrative, supported by MacLaren and LaFramboise's insightful editorial work, reveals the imperialist attitudes underlying their travels.
Author : Thomas D. Clark
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813187923
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Three American Frontiers written by Thomas D. Clark and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The casual and the serious of American history—fiddlers, yarn spinners, and riverboat gamblers, politicians, educators, and social reformers—have all concerned Thomas D. Clark, celebrated historian of the Western frontier and the changing South. Three American Frontiers, a volume of his selected writings, draws from works produced throughout Clark's long career as a writer, teacher, and lecturer on the frontier West, social change in the South, and the cutting-edge of historical research. An avid researcher and a tenacious collector of original materials, Clark looks to the everyday items like the record book of a country store, the file of a small-town newspaper, or the diary of a young Gold Rusher for aids to the analysis of larger trends in history. Holman Hamilton conveys Clark's unique approach to his material and his enthusiasm for the common man in America's past.
Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9780969054689
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (546 download)
Download or read book Pioneer Days in British Columbia written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1979-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneer Days is a blend of words and photos that proves British Columbia's history is as interesting as that recorded anywhere else in North America. Every article is true, many written or narrated by those who, 100 or more years ago, lived the experiences they relate. Each volume contains 160 pages, plus some 60,000 words of text and over 200 historical photos, many published for the first time.
Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9780919214637
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (146 download)
Download or read book British Columbia-Yukon Sternwheel Days written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1992 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 300 sternwheelers plied the BC-Yukon waters, a record in North America. In icy northern lakes, rivers and the open sea, these flat-bottomed steamers served for 100 years. Ripped open by rapids, gutted by fire, crushed by ice, they left a memorable wake that altered history forever. This book includes portraits of flamboyant captains and crews, details on how the vessels were constructed and operated, historical background of the communities they served and more.
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Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Steamboat Bill written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Publisher : Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Frontier Re-examined written by Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda Peterat
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772033944
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)
Download or read book From Denmark to the Cariboo written by Linda Peterat and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating account of the lives of Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard, three sisters who left their home in Stege, Denmark, in 1870 due to war, political turmoil, and limited opportunities, and sought out new lives in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. There are few stories of entrepreneurial, business class women in nineteenth century BC. They didn’t keep diaries or save letters like the ruling class women often did, and they were usually overlooked in newspaper reports. Yet many came into British Columbia in the early years of the gold rush and helped build and sustain the developing communities. This book tells the stories of three sisters—Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard—who arrived in BC from Denmark in the 1870s. Coming of age in Europe, the Lindhard sisters had aspirations that were restricted by societal norms about what women could and should be and do. This is a story of how each of the sisters made a life for themselves: marrying and having children, becoming single parents at an early age, marrying again or not, working together, providing for their children, and making choices that set them on different paths. While their lives diverged at various points, their commitments to each other and the next generation remained strong. The sisters’ stories illustrate the importance of family and community relationships as support structures for women entrepreneurs who combine family responsibilities with earning a living. While they were not heroic in the traditional, patriarchal sense of the word, the Lindhard sisters were powerful, influential members of their families and their community, and their lives reveal much about the complex social fabric of early British Columbia and the unsung contributions of women.
