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Multicoloured plaque № 50036

Kamloops, BC, Canada

Multicoloured plaque № 50036

Fur, Gold, and Cattle. Founded in 1812, Fort Kamloops stood at a natural crossroads. For 50 years it remained the focus of an inland fur empire until the roaring mining boom of the 1860’s. Ranchers, with cattle and horses, replaced the miners. They settled, and stayed, to see two railways bring pros

perity anew to this land of sagebrush, sun, and great rivers.

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