Billy Barker of Barkerville
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- Author
- LeBourdais, Louis
- Date
- Spring 2012
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Barkerville
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Article, reprinted from the July 1937 British Columbia Historical Quarterly, on the life of William (Billy) Barker, "after whom the town of Barkerville...is named." Briefly describes the 6 other Englishmen in Barker's original claim: H.P. Walker, C. Hankin, R. Dexter, H. Gabel, A. Anderson, and G…
- Author
- LeBourdais, Louis
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 2012
- Topic
- Gold discoveries
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Barkerville
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- photographs
- Source Title
- British Columbia History
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11-14
- Abstract
- Article, reprinted from the July 1937 British Columbia Historical Quarterly, on the life of William (Billy) Barker, "after whom the town of Barkerville...is named." Briefly describes the 6 other Englishmen in Barker's original claim: H.P. Walker, C. Hankin, R. Dexter, H. Gabel, A. Anderson, and G. Hankin.