It was founded in 1899 by John Moore Robinson, although the region had long been home to the Okanagan people. Peachland is approximately half-an-hour's drive ...

Peachland became a vibrant community with a new school built in 1898 and a bigger one in 1908: both still stand today. The town's war canoe teams and baseball ...

Gathering Power. Trepanier Creek saw its first dam, built of wood in 1909, replaced by concrete in 1938. Remains are still visible on the Stave Pipe Hiking ...

Peachland was named by John M. Robinson, a land developer, after he tasted the peaches grown in the area. In 1889, he purchased and subdivided land for a ...

History of Peachland. In March 1895, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified an act to incorporate a small town in western Anson County ...

In 1874 Tom Ellis established his ranch in what is now Penticton. There he raised livestock and planted the first fruit trees. In 1884 Charles Lambly pre-empted ...

This was in the mid – 1950s. It was located in a flat clearing of trees, near where the Okanagan Connector joins Highway 97. It was the perfect spot – far ...

The collection consists of photographs of Peachland and area depicting individuals, families, community groups, social and economic activities including fruit ...

Fully indexed and illustrated, and organized by decade, it provides the reader with the means to find out what happened, say, in the 1950's, or 1960's, the ...

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