"...My father came back to the Boundary district to make a home; a two-room cabin was built on a pre-emption at Kerr Creek. Then father, his brother James Kerr, and James P. Flood went into the cattle business. In July 1893, father journeyed again to Chilliwack to be married to Elida Casselman... Here started the real pioneer life. Having arrived at her home on Boundary Creek, what a surprise awaited the bride. The cabin had no roof; the windows were holes; but who cared! My parents were young. Here was adventure in the making.

On November 24th, 1894 I, the first white child on Boundary Creek, was born. A year or so later a butcher shop was opened by the three partners in Grand Forks. My family moved to Grand Forks. In a small house situated on the present hospital site my sister Edna was born. However, the range life soon called my father back to the pre-emption on Kerr Creek.

Boundary Falls was the social centre of the district. Dances were held in the hotel dining-room. Baby-sitters were unknown, the little ones blissfully slept on benches, or in well-padded corners while the young parents made merry."