Boswell

1986 · AA-1171-8373 — Hall Printing / Boswell Ladies Club 1986-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1986 first edition Hall Printing / Boswell Ladies Club Boswell British Columbia Canada 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches tall wire spiral bound in pictorial covers copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs 4 174 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight staining to fore page edges. Otherwise apart from a few pages with creased tips a very good copy - clean bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. ~AA~ 2.0P A history of Boswell a rural locality on the east shore of Kootenay Lake approximately 35 km due east of the city of Nelson British Columbia Canada. More than half the volume is dedicated to histories of families in Boswell LaFrance Lockhart Sanca and Twin Bays so this is an important reference for the history or genealogy researcher. Contents: Geography and Early Surveys; Indians; Pioneers; Population History; Fruit Growing and Ranching; Mining; Logging; Fishing Hunting and Trapping; Transportation: Steamboats and Railways Early Roads; Communications: Newspapers Radio and Telephone; Power and Water; Businesses Stores and Resorts; Health Care; The Law and Forest Fire Protection; Organizations; Church; Politics; The Depression Years; Boswell - Introduction Post Office School Families; LaFrance - Introduction School Families; Lockhart - Introduction Families; Sanca - Introduction Post Office School Families; Twin Bays - Introduction Families; World War I; World War II; Index; Bibliography. Hall Printing / Boswell Ladies Club paperback