The Dust Bowl – Insights from A Massive Ecological Disaster
The other evening, I watched Ken Burns’ documentary The Dust Bowl. I have found all his films excellent! He has an amazing ability to make what could be a boring topic interesting. There are some lessons that we can learn from the dust bowl. For those of you who...
The Boom Town That was Bypassed, Then Forgotten
Quesnel Forks is a ghost town on the original Cariboo Gold Rush Trail. Actually, it was the destination area for prospectors and miners in 1859. As with a lot of gold rush towns, it was a town that fell victim to the boom-bust cycle by being bypassed. My wife...
Roadhouses on the Cariboo Wagon Road
I wrote this post with a pen and paper at our rented cabin at Cottonwood House. It’s a beautiful historic site and remote enough that there is no cell coverage here. My family and I spent the night here on our way to Barkerville. It was the discovery of...