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Many of the people who came to settle in Hudson's Hope, prefered the country and their farms, mines or traplines. Making the day or two day journey into town only when necessary. Up and down the river, cabins and cleared land began to appear.2
Hudson's Hope Area Map1920
Hudson's Hope, BC
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Harry Garbitt came to Hudson's Hope to settle in 1912, but after a few years of living and working at one the posts, he felt the need to move out of town to Moberly Lake, a few miles to the south.Moberly was more isolated, but on a route from Hudson's Hope to Mackenzie, and Prince George, so he opened a small general store and supplied horses and other essentials to passing travelers.
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Garbitt, Harry and Mrs., and grandchildren1950
Hudson's Hope, BC
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Douglas Cadenhead and Charlie Jones came in from Edmonton by saddlehorse to prospect. Douglas filed for land at the mouth of the Halfway River, Charlie moved up the river near the head of the canyon. In the winter they would trap together. They were known for having the first coal burning stove in one of their trapping cabins, having discovered the coal beds along the upper Peace.6
Jones, Charlie1940
Hudson's Hope, BC
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In 1911, Charlie Jones settled at the mouth of the Carbon River to trap, prospect and fish, while Douglas Cadenhead cleared the land he had taken up at the Halfway. Douglas then went to Edmonton to collect his family, brother Hassard, sister Carrie, his mother and his 87-year-old grandmother, Mrs. C.E. Purdy. Also an aunt, Edith Briscoe with her son Isaac. Together they built a prosperous farm out of the wilderness.8
Purdy, Mrs; Briscoe,Mrs; Cadenhead, Carrie; Briscoe,Issac;Cadenhead,Mrs.; Cadenhead, Doug1912
Hudson's Hope, BC
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The Cadenhead property.10
Cadenheads famous vegetable garden.1912
Hudson's Hope, BC
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Isaac Briscoe, Douglas Cadenheads nephew, went on to build a home at the top of the Lynx Creek hill, closer to Hudson's Hope, which he named the "Seldom Inn".12
Briscoe cabin named the 'Seldom Inn'1915
Hudson's Hope, BC
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It was in the spring of 1913 that Jack and Lucille Adams went to prospect Mount Selwyn near Finlay Forks. She was the first white woman to go to that area and was not the type of person one would expect fo find in the wilderness. In the early twenties, Jack built a magnificent log house on the banks of the Peace River upstream from the Beattie Ranch at 20 mile, which was known for it's wonderful craftsmanship. Jack was a master builder.14
Adams, Jack1950
Hudson's Hope, BC
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