Legacy of Learning celebrates school memories

The Yearbooks are part of 'The Legacy of Learning Project' - Yearbooks courtesy of School District No. 5 and the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History School District No. 5 and the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History partnered six years ago to create 'The Legacy of Learning Project'. The project has given the...

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 ...