Bridesville (B.C.)

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Arthur and May Mellor interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-20 SUMMARY: Mr. Arthur Mellor emigrated from outside Liverpool to Ontario in 1903 and came out to Kettle River, near Westbridge, in 1904. He spent his first three years as a surveyor until he contracted typhoid, then he worked as a trapper and a surveyor. Mr. Mellor tells about several incidents including a shooting in Midway after two men robbed several hotels, the Dirty Dozen gang, Bridesville, the original prospectors of the area, and the Bell Mine. Then Mrs. Mellor speaks: she was born in Midway in 1897 and describes her childhood, including how her father was killed. Mrs. Mellor describes in detail several people at Camp McKinney. Then both compare life back then with the present.

Fred Kingsley interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-11 SUMMARY: Mr. Fred Kingsley was born in Idaho in 1886. He moved to Bridesville in 1900 and his father built a log house for the family. The family opened a cattle ranch but all of the horses were diseased and had to be shot. Mr. Kingsley's father was the quarantine officer when smallpox broke out. The development of Rock Creek and the surrounding land is discussed, as are several people and travel routes. He recounts driving mail on stagecoach at the turn of the century. Many stories are told.

George "Romey" Kingsley interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-16 SUMMARY: Mr. George "Romey" Kingsley came from Washington with his father in 1899 and landed in Midway. He went to Anarchist Mountain, then known as Rock Mountain, though people called it One-Eyed Mountain. He speaks about life in Caldville [i.e., Colville, Washington]; mining, hunting, lack of borders, farmers and prospectors. He discusses the history of Bridesville in great detail and then Greenwood; mining stories, surrounding farms and several people who lived there. Then he discusses the Dewdney Trail which ran from Creston to Salmo and the stagecoach routes of the time. Kingsley describes Salmo in great detail with dates of good crop years and bad crop years, prices for crops, what the town consisted of and stories of the settlers.