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Greenwood and Phoenix, August 1958
Rare slides reveal some interesting views of the Boundary on a summer’s day. With a digression about the Grand Forks-Bossburg stage lines.

Greg Nesteroff
Mar 10, 20244 min read


Smelter slag souvenir
Below is one of the strangest souvenirs ever made of our area, courtesy of the Greenwood Centennial Committee. The committee was first...

Greg Nesteroff
Aug 11, 20192 min read


Greenwood memorabilia
Three noteworthy bits of Greenwood memorabilia (Greewoodiana?) have sold on eBay in the last few months. On Aug. 4, a dry-mount photo of...

Greg Nesteroff
Nov 13, 20182 min read


Phantom signs: Greenwood Grocery
We recently looked at faux phantom signs in Greenwood left over from filming Snow Falling on Cedars. But there are a few other real...

Greg Nesteroff
Sep 28, 20181 min read


From the Greentree to Greenwood
Visting Sandon in August 2018, I was surprised to see a hand-carved wooden sign on the old brothel as you enter town that reads:...

Greg Nesteroff
Aug 17, 20183 min read


Phantom signs: Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars, the movie filmed partly in Greenwood in 1998, left a legacy of faux phantom signs, which helped transform the...

Greg Nesteroff
Jul 31, 20182 min read


M.D. Cryderman, scenic artist for hire
Painting signs by hand has largely gone out of style but was once a common vocation. The men (and I imagine a few women) who did it for a...

Greg Nesteroff
May 4, 201810 min read


Rossland/Greenwood syphon nets $1,700
A clear syphon from the Lion Bottling Works of Rossland and Greenwood (pictured below) sold on eBay this afternoon for $1,382 US, which...

Greg Nesteroff
Jan 17, 20181 min read
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