Owners of the V Bar V Ranch, Part Two
William Furniss, a 57-year old English-born farmer from Vernon was the second owner of the V Bar V.... [Continue Reading]
William Furniss, a 57-year old English-born farmer from Vernon was the second owner of the V Bar V.... [Continue Reading]
From the collection of Bob Hayes Note the “sunflowers’ – official name being “arrow-leaf root balsam” – in the foreground of this postcard and the classic Okanagan sky. Black Knight Mountain (now known as Black Mountain) is partially visible in... [Continue Reading]
This is the first of a series of blogs relating to on my family’s settlement in Oyama. On July 10, 1919 the Vernon News noted the following event. “Mr. H. B. Thomson of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, with his family, arrived... [Continue Reading]