Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1973-04-25
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0420233/source.json
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note: / S»contf ci«i» mail ttjittft ion. liumber 12)0. VOL.16 N0.16 20 PAGES THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1973 m PRESSRUN: 4,800 10 CEBj^t 1873 -1973 LANGLEY CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR EDITION See inside - 'The night Aldergrove outwitted Uncle Sam' Stand fast, old Fort,' tlry timbers grey Have watched the long years pass away And mankind hasten to obey The edicts of a newer Day. Stand fasti a record of the past A tribute to the things that last. FORT LANGLEY by Justin Wilson Stand fast, old Fort, men go their way ' And what is wrought alone doth say Where moving grass the grave doth mark . : Of dust that knows no vital spark. Standfast! lest men forget their debt And Value not the gifts they get. Photo by Pete Swensson Stand fast, old Fort, the. hands are still - That built thee for the men that fill The stately homes the years have brought Through peace thy sturdy builders taught. Stand fist! and may thy timbers grey Teach-other hands their part to play. Historical notes LANGLEY INDIAN HUNTING GROUND 100 YEARS A GO It was nearly 50 years after the first white man ever set foot in What is today the Fraser Valley, that a group of settlers decided to band together and form the municipality of Langley. The year was 1873 and as yet there weren't too, mairy families living in the virgin territory. The new district had been covered with heavy' cedar and Douglas fir forests less than half ,a century before but a heavy forest fife of unknown origin Sometime in the 1850*s or '60's had decimated the evergreens, and brush consisting mainly of light alder and birch vegetation had shot up. Trails wound their way through the dense foliage and a traveller had better bring a guide to find his way through the wilderness. Wildlife was still abundant with only a miniscule part of the district clearedandbrought under cultivation. Langley had grown from the Hudson's Bay Company trading post at Fort Langley and slowly farmland was created, first in the Salmon River flats and the Milner Valley along…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420233
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text