THE KÜTNE READER

For a period in the 1910s and ‘20s, if you wanted to rent transportation, you’d head to the nearest livery stable and be asked: “What’ll it be, horse or auto?”

I can’t remember another year in my lifetime that has seen so many West Kootenay buildings torn down. Eight are gone and two more will disappear imminently.

Who won a soccer match between Sandon and New Denver immortalized on a postcard?

I had the privilege of examining the guest book of Sandon’s Reco Hotel for the period of April 1, 1905 to March 27, 1908.

At least nine people were born, 14 people died, and five marriage ceremonies were performed between 1942 and 1944 when Sandon was an internment camp.

Some amazing and incredibly rare Kootenay railway passes have sold on eBay in recent weeks for eye-popping prices.

This guest post looks at the several CPR crossings across the Columbia River erected between the 1880s and 1960s.

The only person killed in the fire that destroyed most of Sandon in 1900 has long been forgotten, despite a marked grave that notes the circumstances of his death.

The Arrow Lakes News is dead. Long live the Arrow Lakes News!

In 1962, plans were unveiled to build a three-storey addition to Nelson’s Hume Hotel.

Glenmerry has more green space than any other Trail neighbourhood, but most of it is well hidden.

Attaching a dummy to the side of your building and putting a sign on its back was apparently a novel way to advertise at the turn of the 20th century.

Seven bridges have crossed the Slocan River near the south end of Slocan Lake, including one that lasted less than two years.

A list of messages sent or retrieved, by air or by water, by people in the West Kootenay, that beat the odds by being discovered.

A roundup of unusual stories, including a long-haired mail carrier, and a couple who married in their mid-80s.

Documents released by Library and Archives Canada help put names and faces to people otherwise omitted from history books.

The village has nothing to do with Rossland, BC. But how did it get its name?

Hundreds of people pass by it every day. Few know what it is.

If the greatest name in jazz history performed at the Civic Arena, how many people would turn up?

Nelson is widely acknowledged as having many heritage buildings and sites. But how many exactly? The answer is complicated.