Description
This is Irene Stangoe’s third selection of historical stories and great yarns in regards to the folks and events that shaped the Cariboo-Chilcotin. Examine: Farwell Canyon’s pioneer families and ranches; Chief Anahim, who left the misty Bella Coola Valley for the high Chilcotin country many moons ago; the Lord of 100 Mile House, who moved from a grand mansion in England to a bug-infested stopping house within the Cariboo; the Hub of the Cariboo, tracing 140 years of Williams Lake history, from tiny settlement to brand new city; the Great Bank Robbery, and a bank manager’s nightmare ride with a gunman sought after for murder; Homer, the basset hound who played the a part of a French poodle in a 1920s musical; and other events that might occur only within the Cariboo.