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Lower Nicola.Ione of the oldest settlers,• • • # , • • / .. • •» • * •Earnshaw who in the early seventies settled at Lower Nicola aridtowhere I believe he now lives.this time there were several- • ; _ 'lt;* .* .‘‘tsettlers at Douglas Lake. John Douglas, I think, was the first and he went there as early as 1875. The lake was called after him. Others were Donald McRae, Napoleon Tabin, Angustus, C. M.Beak and Wm. Munro. The last named is still a resident ofAll the Douglas Lake properties were bought in 1883\ e • * v ^ •after by the Douglas Lake Cattle Co., and J. B. Greaves, one of the partners, came in that year and took the management of the business which he has conducted up to the present time.In the foregoing sketch of the early settlers of Nicola valley I have so far, as my memory serves me, given the names and dates of the arrival of those who maybe considered the pioneers. Itrust I have said nothing thatwill offend any of them, their merit or demerit I leave for some' -«• i ' ' . 9 • . ■* r “.A • .other pen.As to myself I lived at Nicola from 1868 to 1904, a period of 36 years. In 1904 I went to Victoria where I shall probably spend the remainder of my allotted time.. t * * \ * * - - r • - , . . -ii. ef-
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Merritt Nicola Valley News
Merritt, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Apr 15, 1910
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