The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 The Story of Italians in Fernie, 1881 - 1921 Fernie Museum
It’s just amazing to me how somebody could come and land on Ellis Island and end up in Fernie BC. There was quite the story behind it. I […]
My Dad worked at the mines in Morrissey in 1904. He worked there until they closed the mines down in Morrissey, then he worked up at Coal Creek. […]
The typical wood frame house in Fernie, BC surrounded by a garden. Most families grew vegetables to enhance their diets and to leave money to buy necessities. Louis […]
She was a friend of the Picariello family and married Charles Lassandro who worked for Emilio Picariello in Fernie in his legitimate businesses and, later, at the Alberta […]
Many hotels generated more revenue through the sale of liquor than by room rentals and meals. In BC, the Merchants’ Protective Association, comprising hoteliers and liquor industry people, […]
The Brewery was the largest in the region and one of its founders, Fritz Sick moved to Lethbridge and established the Lethbridge Brewing and Malting Company.
The “Black Hand Society” cases were held at the Fernie Courthouse with Judge Wilson presiding. Sherwood Herchmer, a prominent Fernie lawyer, acted as defence counsel. The case received […]
Picariello gave free ice creams in trade for bottles which resulted in the nickname “the Bottle King.” Breweries and distilleries bought these back from him for re-use.
The Roma Hotel was built by Philip Carosella in 1903 and was destroyed in the 1904 and 1908 fires. It was leased and later purchased by Al Rizutto, […]
The Columbia Macaroni Works, Fernie, BC, was opened around 1909-1910 by C. Marinaro who enticed Emilio Picariello to come to Fernie from Toronto to run it in 1911.
A hand-written note on a photo states: “Lacking Enough Hearses or Wagons, Most Bodies Were Borne for Burial.” The 1902 Coal Creek mine explosion killed 128 miners. There […]
