HAPHAZARD HISTORY: (Part 2) The Australian dream takes root in Cariboo quesnelobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from quesnelobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Before there was the Cariboo Wagon Road to Barkerville, the BC government started building a road to the Okanagan after gold was discovered in Rock Creek in 1859.“It was hard to collect taxes and provide supplies f
In April 2023 I wrote about Andrew Olson, nicknamed “the Australian,” even though he was Swedish, who, along with three partners came to the Cariboo in 1863 to establish a roadhouse and cultivate a garden to supply vegetables to the gold fields.