Compiled by the Golden and District Historical Society, Golden Memories: Golden City 1882 stands as the primary regional encyclopedia documenting the settlement history of the upper Columbia River and lower Kicking Horse river valleys. The volume details how nineteenth-century railway construction camps, timber operations, and homestead parcels were superimposed upon the traditional hunting and travel lands of the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc nations. The chronicle explores the bitter rivalry between Golden City and the downstream railway division terminal at Donald, tracing how Golden eventually consolidated regional dominance through the operations of the Columbia River Lumber Company and Upper Columbia steamboat navigation. Detailed family and property histories document rural settlement across the river benches and tributary valleys of Blaeberry, Nicholson, Harrogate, Parson, Castledale, and Forde.

Blaeberry (B.C.), British Columbia Columbia Valley, British Columbia Golden, Castledale (B.C.), Donald (B.C.), Forde (B.C.), Frontier and pioneer life British Columbia Golden Region, Harrogate (B.C.), History, Nicholson (B.C.), Parson (B.C.), Town of Golden

Includes family histories, business records, and complete settler index.

Includes family histories, business records, and complete settler index.