THE KÜTNE READER

Before Evel Knievel was a motorcycle stuntman, he was Bob Knievel, hockey player.

Nelson has but one street named after itself, Nelson Avenue. But Trail has had four different streets and avenues named Nelson.

A ghost story from 1911 that has never been reprinted: how a phantom helped a prospector discover a valuable nugget.

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s beginnings have long been mired in confusion. The league’s own website is wrong.

A 113-year-old school bell is expected to be returned soon to a prominent place in Salmo. But what happened to its plaque?

In the 1960s, a medal from the 1900 Rossland Winter Carnival was found north of Oslo. Also: how did Ferguson get designated a heritage site?

In June 2018, the Salmo Valley Historical Society got a peek inside the Salmo Hotel, including the second floor and basement.

Was the Salmo Hotel built in 1896? 1912? 1932? 1981? Find out here and a whole lot more.

What happened to the bars from the Reco, Sandon, and Hume hotels?

You'd never guess it today, but from 1950 to the mid-1970s, the corner of Davies and Seventh in Nelson was a busy commercial crossroads.

Trail and Butte share certain nomenclature. The same guy built both of their smelters. And they have other ties too.

The singer-songwriter behind Don’t Worry Be Happy spent at least one month of his youth in Nelson.

When was the Salmo bridge built? When was Rivervale named? Why doesn’t Nelson have a Robert Hampton Gray school? At last we have answers.

The Chad Mitchell Trio, who counted Trail native Mike Kobluk as a member, performed in Trail on Feb. 19, 1962.

Wherein we use a photo of a long-lost building in Kaslo as a jumping-off point looking at the history of Burns & Co. and Eric’s Meat Market.

I had the privilege of reading the guest book of a famous New Denver hotel from 1897 to 1899 that was rescued from a landfill.

What is the origin of a concrete ruin at Ainsworth Hot Springs across from the Fletcher store?

Intrigued by a photo of the charred remains of boathouses in Nelson, Michael Cone tracks down what happened.

Exactly when did Nelson’s iconic coffee shop and newsstand open? And when did it move to its longtime location?

For a few years, the largest library in Nelson was in the courthouse basement. Where did it go?