by Heather Sjoblom | Dec 14, 2022 | Historical Christmas Stories, History
Written by Lloyd Bryra in his book Cowboys, Moose Hunts, Blizzards, and Such: A Northern Canadian Cowboy Christmas and the school Christmas concert were always the highlights at that time of year. Preparations at school started in early December with plays,...
by Heather Sjoblom | Dec 9, 2022 | Historical Christmas Stories, History
I was the second baby born in the old Pouce Coupe Hospital. That was on December 22nd, 1921. My parents, Joe and Jennie Goodvin, named me Frances Mary. We left for the trapline cabin just west of Mile 101 on the now Alaska Highway in 1924. In those days, most...
by Robin Holstein | Nov 13, 2022 | Historical Christmas Stories, History
The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Dawson Creek started in 1946. Their first big project was the Mile Zero Post. In 1947 this organization put up a decorated Christmas tree at the Mile Zero Post location. The tradition was carried on, sometimes by other organizations...
by Robin Holstein | Nov 13, 2022 | Historical Christmas Stories, History
Christmas Day 1930 Left to Right: Wes Gething, ? Paulson, Vic Peck, King Gething as Santa Clause, Guy Robison, Andy Russell (Hudson’s Bay Factor), Mr. Hansen, Ann Johnson, Bert Gregory, Ted Boyton, Jack Pennington, Andy Lindburg, Matt Boe. It was a custom on Christmas...
by Robin Holstein | Nov 13, 2022 | Historical Christmas Stories, History
Hudson’s Hope Christmas Concert 1945. Twelve school students standing outside in the snow. >>>> Can you name any of the students?
by Heather Sjoblom | Dec 3, 2021 | Historical Christmas Stories
Our Christmas Concert [Charlie Lake School 1948] By Jacqueline Robinson Grade 6 We had a concert in the Junior room in the evening of December “17”. A very large crowd attended, so large that many could not get in. I was in a play called “A Good Impression....
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