The story of Osoyoos, September 1811 to December 1952
Publisher: Penticton Herald
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Penticton, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Table of contents: title: Fur Trading Era, 1811-1861: Foreword ; Introducing Osoyoos ; First Inhabitants ; First white men to set foot in Osoyoos Valley ; Fur Traders and the Fur Brigade Trail ; David Douglas, famed botanist passed through Osoyoos Valley in 1833 ; W.G. Cox administration; title: Ranching Era, 1861-1920: First Custom Office 1861 ; Administration of Judge Haynes, 1861-1888 ; Biographies of Theodor Kruger, Trader, Postmaster, Customs Officer and Hiram F. Smith, close U.S. neighbor and first Okanagan Valley orchardist ; Bishop Sillitoes and Mrs. Sillitoes visits in the early thirties ; General Sherman's visit ; Father Pat, famed early missionary ; Anarchist Mountain ; Kruger Mountain and Richter Pass ; Noted pioneers ; Passing of the Haynes Ranch ; Christmas celebration 1885; title: Era of Evolution of Ranching to Horticulture: George J. Fraser finds Osoyoos ; Leslie hill and his orchard ; Problem of education ; Osoyoos Orchards Limited and Intensive development ; Later subdivisions ; Southern Okanagan Lands Project ; Marketing of tree and ground crops ; Problems of the ground crop growers ; Illicit liquor traffic ; Customs and Immigration; title: Osoyoos Village 1920 to Date: The dormant village ; Progress at original site ; Disastrous fires ; Move to new site ; Individual business establishments and changes ; Sports ; Churches ; Community organizations ; Railway Day; title: Incidents Pertinent to Osoyoos and District: Place names ; Indian relics ; Miscellaneous items ; Varieties of fish ; This and that ; International Peace celebrations ; Historic meeting ; Mining ; Mortensen family tragedy ; Passing of Old Tom ; In Memoriam ; Osoyoos Volunteers ; Osoyoos.