Brutus, the Bear
The Kimberley Heritage Museum's most fierce but lovable employee 'Brutus the Bear' - Image courtesy of the Kimberley Heritage Museum For bear enthusiasts, "Brutus," the Kimberley Heritage Museum's beloved life-sized taxidermied mount and visitor greeter, awaits new guests at the museum's location in downtown Kimberley above...
Dennis Dilts' memories
Ernie Desrosiers breaks a horse ca. 1963 - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History Two old Waldo Stockbreeders' Association members, Dennis Dilts and Jack Cutts come to life in 'Cowboy Memories' written by Dilts. Jack is a legendary Elko horse trader, cowboy, and storyteller, and Dennis is an author,...
The Provincial Brick
BCRIC (commonly known as BRICK!) stands for the British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation. It was a holding company formed under the guidance of William R. Bennett, leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party and Premier of British Columbia at the time. BCRIC took over the ownership of various sawmills and mines...
History, Naturally!!
Mormon Metalmark, collected by C.B. Garrett at Oliver, British Columbia Most of us look at our world through our own experience, thereby limiting access to many avenues of information. Naturalists see a different world, but always one that links to and impacts on (or is impacted by) ours. C. B. "Chuck" Garrett was a...
The Great Northern Railway in B.C.
#0019.0038 ca. 1909: Hosmer, G.N.R. Bridge. Photo by C.B. Thorpe - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History The Great Northern is remembered as the only transcontinental railway built without land subsidies. James J. Hill is recognized in the U.S. as an empire builder. The Canadian-born businessman...
