THE LOUGHEED LEGACY – THE STORY OF AL AND EVANS LOUGHEED
The Lougheed family were businessmen their whole lives. Sons Al and Evans grew up around their father’s grocery store on the … Keep Reading
HALFWAY TO FAIRVIEW THE BIG ALEX HOTEL IN OKANAGAN FALLS
In 1906, Warwick Arnott came into a lot of money. James Ritchie, Summerland lumber baron and developer, was desperate to buy Arnott’s … Keep Reading
A History of Barnstorming in Penticton
by Chris WeichtandBrian WilsonA photograph in the Vernon Archives shows what appears to be a Curtiss Pusher type biplane flying over Penticton … Keep Reading
ACCORDING TO ED
EXERPTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF EDDIE ALDREDGE – 1989 On March 7th, 1919, my parents and I stepped off the S.S. Okanagan … Keep Reading
THE SAGA OF THE OOKPIK PARTY BARGE
by George Bergson In May 1964 a new pleasure craft was constructed in Penticton next to the Yacht … Keep Reading
THEATER BY STARLIGHT ON SKAHA BEACH -1953 TO 1960
In the midst of a typical steamy summer in Penticton, the Parks Board leased a section of Skaha Beach Park to a … Keep Reading
COMMERCIAL BOAT TRAFFIC ON SKAHA LAKE
William Jessop Snodgrass was a City Councilor in La Grande, Oregon, in the heart of Union County. He ran a grist-mill, a … Keep Reading
BUSTING THE MYTH OF “SEE YA LATER RANCH” by Brian Wilson, Archivist/Editor Okanagan Archive Trust Society The large winery high on the … Keep Reading
How the Circus came to town
Henry Meyerhoff’s roots were in the German-American state of Wisconsin. His father had settled in the small city of Green Bay and … Keep Reading
MURDER ON THE S.S. OKANAGAN
The tragic shooting of Constable Geoffrey Aston of the Provincial Police is a strange tale. Constable Aston was well liked in Penticton and … Keep Reading