He was a vest pocket Paul Bunyan, a man of short stature and tall stories. He was Customs officer at Osoyoos in the early 60’s. Lured from there by gold fever, he staked with Cariboo Cameron, a claim on Willims Creek from which he admitted two million dollars was taken. He built the first road to Granite Creek in the gold excitement of ’85 Given a contract to build a road and some town sprang up
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POV pg. 190 POV Pg. 128