Veera Bonner; Irene E. Bliss; Hazel Henry Litterick — Chilcotin: Preserving Pioneer Memories

Surrey: Heritage House Publishing, 1995. As new! Hard bound in laminated, illustrated boards, stated first edition, illustrated throughout, Pp432. Includes index. Tight and unmarked - a fine copy. 790 grams. Who rode sidesaddle some 300 miles from Yale over a century ago to become Chilcotin's first white housewife? On whose ranch was polo played regularly? What rancher carried a portable piano in his buckboard? When did a rancher start a 1,500-mile cattle drive, Canada's longest? Who helped start the Williams Lake and Anahim Lake Stampedes? What resident wrote an international bestseller? Who built a steel bridge across the Fraser River - and to highway standards? After a 20-day trail drive to Williams Lake, what rancher received only enough money from the sale of his cattle to buy a sack of flour? When did the first moose arrive in the Chilcotin? What rancher bequeathed his life savings to help students? Where did a cowboy lasso a fugitive? This 432-page book with nearly 200 photos answers these questions and a host of others about pioneering in ranching country which extends westward some 200 miles from the Fraser River to Anahim Lake. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.