Letters

Letters from the End of Track

Five envelopes mailed in 1885 by a CPR camp cook working near present-day Revelstoke have sold at auction for nearly $7,000.

Oct 25, 202113 min read

Below I’ve transcribed a six-page letter in my collection mailed by a woman visiting Kaslo with her mother shortly after the death of...

Jun 25, 20184 min read

Recently I posted the transcript of a letter from a little girl in Rossland in 1898 writing to her father to tell him what she received...

Mar 9, 20188 min read

Three lots sold on eBay today featuring letterheads, letters, and envelopes from the Old Gold Quartz and Placer Mining Co. and Standard...

Feb 28, 20182 min read

In 1893, a prospector named Baxter wrote two letters to the Northwest Mining Review of Spokane from the Salmo River (then called the...

Feb 4, 20186 min read

Last year I bought three letters on eBay mailed in 1905-06 by Alexander Howard McIntyre from Nelson to his family in Middleville, Lanark...

Jan 25, 20186 min read