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Offline Sir Charles deMouton-Black

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Ft. Victoria archives from 1846 to 1850
« on: July 17, 2012, 11:48:50 AM »
Here is a newspaper spread with extracts from the day journal of Fort Victoria.  A look back at life on the West Coast eight years before the gold rush began.

http://www.timescolonist.com/Victoria+early+history+bursts+from+archives/6936967/story.html
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NCOWS #1154, SCORRS, STORM, BROW, 1860 Henry, Dirty Rat 502, CHINOOK COUNTRY
THE SUBLYME & HOLY ORDER OF THE SOOT (SHOTS)
Those who are no longer ignorant of History may relive it,
without the Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
With apologies to George Santayana & W. S. Churchill

"As Mark Twain once put it, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

Offline PJ Hardtack

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Re: Ft. Victoria archives from 1846 to 1850
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 01:16:15 PM »
Great peek at the past. You can bet that then and after the Gold Rush began, Fort Victoria was an armed camp, with every Tom, Dick and Harry packing iron.
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Re: Ft. Victoria archives from 1846 to 1850
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NCOWS #1154, SCORRS, STORM, BROW, 1860 Henry, Dirty Rat 502, CHINOOK COUNTRY
THE SUBLYME & HOLY ORDER OF THE SOOT (SHOTS)
Those who are no longer ignorant of History may relive it,
without the Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
With apologies to George Santayana & W. S. Churchill

"As Mark Twain once put it, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

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