Download or read book A History of British Columbia (Classic Reprint) written by R. E. Gosnell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of British Columbia In 1848-9 Fort Victoria began to feel the reflex of the California Gold Excitement. At the new gold town of San Francisco prices were exorbitant, the minds of the thrifty among the Argonauts turned to the Northern Hud son's Bay Company's Fort, where the best of British made goods could be bought at reasonable rates. Amid the reckless extravagance and prodigality which distinguished San Francisco in those early days there remained some who did not break saloon mirrors with $20 gold pieces or eat greenbacks in sandwiches. These, like Mrs. John Gilpin, although on pleasure they were bent still had a frugal mind, and when winter closed their placers they char tered vessels and sailed northward to bargain with the Hudson's Bay Com pany traders for their summer supplies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.