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Old-timey spider-man signs
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.
Greg Nesteroff
Jun 142 min read
Pickles the driving dog and other oddities
A few curious things: a dog behind the wheel, a basketball team named the Comincos, and Yale University helps tear down buildings in Trail.
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 9, 20224 min read
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.
Greg Nesteroff
Oct 25, 202113 min read
Fake news, 1890: The $10,000 wedding proposal
A Kootenay teacher was once offered a small fortune by a bride-to-be in Minnesota, sight unseen. Who was he and what happened?
Greg Nesteroff
Sep 13, 20218 min read
Architectural clones: The Nelson and Revelstoke courthouses
The first purpose-built courthouses in Nelson and Revelstoke looked nearly identical, a matter of some architectural intrigue.
Greg Nesteroff
Aug 27, 20217 min read
Pioneer women of West Kootenay: Ralphia Weir Stitt McLean Borrow
I’m not sure who the first woman to work for a West Kootenay/Boundary newspaper was, but it may have been Harriet Haire Smith, a daughter...
Greg Nesteroff
Dec 15, 20188 min read
Japanese-Canadian pioneers of West Kootenay: Yodo Fujii
Long before Japanese Canadians were interned in the West Kootenay during the Second World War, a small number already lived here. They...
Greg Nesteroff
Jan 2, 20183 min read
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