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Category: The 1970s

Verna Minnaberriet, “B.C. Indian Princess 1975”

Verna Minnaberriet, “B.C. Indian Princess 1975”

Verna Minnaberriet, great-granddaughter of Louis Joseph Antoine Globe, first becomes Miss Ashcroft and is then crowned as “BC Indian Princess” in 1975. The pageant was sponsored by the […]
Jimmy and Evelyn Isnardy

Jimmy and Evelyn Isnardy

Jimmy and his first wife, Christine Bowe (1886-1919) had 5 children: Matilda “Tillie” (1907-1995) Irene Pearl (1908-1995) James Edward “Buster” (1909-1986) Myrtle Dorothy (1912-1995) David Andrew “Sonny” (1914-1988) […]
Mike Isnardy’s prize saddle

Mike Isnardy’s prize saddle

Some of Mike Isnardy’s winnings are now artifacts at the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame, Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Williams Lake, including the prize saddle presented to […]