Cariboo Gold Rush
Cariboo Gold Rush

Author: Art Downs

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1927527201

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In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores perished during the gruelling journey, but some made their fortune and many pressed on northwards to the creeks of the Cariboo. Originally compiled by Art Downs, founder of Heritage House, this is a vivid and detailed account of the first gold strikes, the miners who made them and the incredible efforts to establish transportation routes and build roads to the Cariboo goldfields. Here are the stories of the legendary Williams Creek diggings, which yielded a golden harvest of over $2.6 million in 1862, and creeks with names like Lightning, Jack of Clubs and Last Chance. Also included are excerpts from the journals of Lord Milton and Walter B. Cheadle, who became the first tourists to the Cariboo in 1863. Richly descriptive and touched with humour, their first-hand account is a fascinating window into Cariboo history.

Wagon Road North
Wagon Road North

Author: Art Downs

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co

Published: 2021-06-18

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1772033618

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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.

Overland to Cariboo
Overland to Cariboo

Author: Margaret McNaughton

Publisher:

Published: 1896

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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An account of the first overland journey from Fort Garry to the Cariboo. Includes an account of the state of the Cariboo district at the time of writing and biographical sketches of some of those who took part in the arduous trek.

Gold, Gold, in Cariboo: A Story of Adventure in British Columbia (1894)
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo: A Story of Adventure in British Columbia (1894)

Author: Clive Phillipps-Wolley

Publisher:

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781436972222

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.