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Triplets of West Kootenay
The clipping below from the Rossland Miner of Oct. 11, 1938 is about the Knudsgaard brothers, Einer, Erik, and Frankie. They were not...

Greg Nesteroff
Jan 16, 20184 min read


Beard rentals
A bizarre ad from a 1947 edition of the Rossland Miner (the city was celebrating its 50th birthday, hence the need for faux facial hair)....

Greg Nesteroff
Jan 4, 20181 min read


Alfie Albo’s garage
An ad from the Rossland Miner’s historical edition of 1938 contained a photo of a dapper-looking Alfie Albo, proprietor of the Columbia...

Greg Nesteroff
Dec 30, 20171 min read


A girl named Rossland
Below is a clipping from the Rossland Miner’s special historical edition of Oct. 11, 1938, about the first baby born in Rossland. The...

Greg Nesteroff
Dec 30, 20174 min read
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