http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0432340
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Taylor, Dave
issued: 2023-05-16
issued: 1937-02-04
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note: • Th imilkameee Mrs. Allison j Memorial Number THIRTY SEVENTH YEAR; No. 9. PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA THURSDAY, 4th FEBRUARY, 1937. Two Dollars Per Annum. I fao'rt ! -■«•- Imilk OHN PALL ALLISON, Similka- bom in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 6th January, 1825, of English parentage. His father was house surgeon to Leeds infirmary. He at' ended pub lie school in Leeds. His education was interrupted, at the age' of 12, by the removal of his family to Illinois. Following in his father's footsteps, he continued his studies, but when news of rich gold diggings in California caused a general furor, he dropped his books and went to make his stake—a forty-niner. He went overland. In California he mined for several years, but without any great success. Ever the rainbow that hoarded the treasure retreated, and news of a richer strike on the Praser saw many quit California. Of this mine! was John Air son, who, armed with a let'er of introduction to Governor j James Douglas, landed in Victoria early, in 1858. Victoria was then a trim little # JOHN FALL ALLISON Similkameen's Patriarch (now Vancouver, Wash.) was regional headquarters, and the main H.B. rustic settlement, still fundament ,M- j r0adway was up the Columbia in a ly an H. B. post, though it had re- huge crcle to Port st james and cently assumed the dignities of the the north6rn posts, a, vital trade capi'alof self-governing colony; and rou*e The formation 0f the rival the great Douglas, whose governor ship was dual, was half the trader, half the statesman. Alison's status and demeanor distinguished him, and the astute but kindly chief took a lively interest in him. Disappointed with his success on the mainland, Mr. Allison soon returned to Victoria. ££*», Douglas commiss'oned him to go ; into the Similkameen and examine Vancouver. Island. Douglas "vjp88 "north fork", ostensibly for gold, been at Fort VaxuKHsefe; '/-jjEBd to bring back a general report. ' Thus begen the first of the five phases of Similkameen's developmen…