Muriel Lillian Baxter
Muriel Lillian Baxter was an outstanding public figure, serving as a teacher, principal, and elementary school supervisor in Cranbrook for 41 years. Ms. Baxter was born on October 13th, 1902, in Saint Johns, N.B., to Isaac and Idella Baxter. They relocated to Cranbrook in 1903. She was the oldest of five children. Miss. Muriel...
Kimberley, the Leadville of East Kootenay
Mr. Clarricoates Horse Team Transporting Service in Kimberley, B.C. # 0196.0008 ca. 1910 Collection: Kimberley District Heritage Society (0196) An interesting letter was found in the archives at Fort Steele detailing the early adventures of East Kootenay. It was written in September 1899, and posted from Kimberley to ...
The ties that bind
School Days 2020 - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History and the Triangle Women's Institute The School Days panel was created by the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History and The Triangle Women's Institute as the beginning of a 20 part series of museum quality panels that will grace the...
Hanson's whiskey brand of hospitality
Automobile Travel at the Wasa Hotel #0223.0005 ca. 1915 - Image courtesy of CBIRH and the Cranbrook Archives Nils Hanson was known as "Hanson the Hospitable" or “mine host” or later, simply “the Guv’nor.” Famous for his generosity and gracious entertaining from the mid-1880s until his death in 1917, Hanson drew people from ...
4-H inspires new generations
4-H Panel - Image courtesy of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History and the Triangle Women's Institute. The Triangle Women's Institute in Grasmere and the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History embarked on a journey in 2020 to preserve the unique history of their 4-H Club in a museum-style panel that will be...
