To the seasons of life
Today is international clashing cloths day. If you don’t clash your out of your not interesting. Have fun.
The first public University in the United States is founded.
Born Tracy Lawrence January 27th 1968.
Three tribute artists are coming to the Merritt- Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. The show is on February 8th at the 2000 Block Quilchena Avenue music museum in Merritt.
The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame moved here from Calgary a number of years ago and took over a renovated historical hardware store building. It is a popular venue and enjoyed by many locals including principals Shelly and Ron Sanders Former Merritt Mayor Susan Roline and many fans.
FMI: CCMHofF or Experience Nicola Valley blogger group.
Show time 7PM
A carbon light bulb is demonstrated, by Joseph Swan…
File Photo KDG
The Rock River Music festival is on this weekend, featuring stars such as Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Dallas Smith and groups Rolling Train Wreak, Jackson Hollow, Nice Horse, Blake Reid Band, Britches and Boots and more…
Site is 1125 Neilson Street Merritt BC
On this Day: August 3rd 1972
The US Senate ratifies the anti ballistic missile treaty.
Merritt BC incorporation
File :Photo KDG
The local country jammers are having a Coffee House at the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in Merritt Saturday.
Featuring Robert Bertrand a retired music ion from Nova Scotia, and local strummers Denise and Al. The invite is by donation.
The Canadian Country Music hall of Fame is located at 2025 Quilchena Avenue in Merritt the Jam is from & to 10 PM.
The Hall is located in the historic building of Merritt Pioneers GB Armstrong who operated a Department store there in the early 20th century and is still owned by a descendent George Armstrong of Nicola Lake.
On this Day: July 14th 1960
Jane Goodall begins her study of chimps at the Gombe Stream reserve..
Hall of Fame stars
File Photo: KDG
The CCMHF is open Wednesdays through Saturdays. Dan the clerk at he facility was surprised when he heard the museum was to be closed after the Thanksgiving weekend and has taken on the job of manning the exhibits for the three days a week. The hall was usually open only on special days. The hours are 10-4 weekdays ,1-4 Saturday.
There is an app and a code for smart phones at all celebrities displays.
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees: 2025 Quilchena Avenue Merritt BC. Not an exhaustive list.
On this Day: October 19th 1950
The invasion of Tibet, by the Chinese PLA.
Music fest back
Photo KDG
Kenny Hess, concert stalwart, is said to be a push to bring back country music to the Merritt Mountain /Cold water river site the last weekend in July. http://kennyhess.com/
On this day: July 23 1840
The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
The local fall fair building brings the farming community together at the end of summer every year.
KDG file photo.
Freedom of association was alive and well in Merritt BC, the provincial cattlemen association met here over the weekend. Douglas lake cattle company is about 40 minutes away from downtown and many smaller cattle operations are in the area.
In response to booming demand for beef in rapidly growing Vancouver, the Interior stock industry went into high gear in the wake of the railway’s opening, spurring on something of a golden age in BC ranching. In 1907 the Nicola branch line of the CPR was built into the Nicola Valley to serve the booming stock operation at Douglas Lake, which was already one of the country’s largest and for many years second only to the sprawling Gang Ranch on the west side of the Fraser, which has since shrunk in scale, leaving the Douglas Lake as the largest. The ranch includes leased grazing land as well as directly leased or titled lands, and extends to the edge of metropolitan Kamloops and towards Shuswap Lake, spanning most of the high country of the northeastern Thompson Plateau.
The Douglas Lake Cattle Company has faced many controversies. It has been claimed that early on, the ranch’s land holdings were expanded by pressing large amounts of cattle into the pastures of smaller neighbours. While the cattle would later be removed the damage was done. With their feed for the year consumed by Douglas Lake’s herd, the homesteaders would be forced to sell. Douglas Lake Cattle Company has also aggressively restricted access to both private and public lands. By buying up thin strips of land along major arteries they are able to control wide tracts of public range. In many cases locked gates were placed where Douglas Lake has no legal claim to the property.[citation needed] While this is claimed to preserve grasslands, some say it appears to be a business maneuver. Douglas Lake Cattle Company charges up to $100.00 a day to fly fish their private lakes (that they maintain by stocking, cleaning, aerating, etc.). There are public lakes that you can access for free (Douglas Lake is public) or pay an access fee (Salmon Lake).
Source Wikipedia.
The ranch has expanded by buying the Quilchena Cattle company for a said thirty five million dollars, and now operates the Quilchena hotel on highway 5A at Nicola Lake as well as its livestock operations.
On this Day: May 27th 1933
The century of progress worlds fair opens in Chicago.
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Country Music Hall of Fame was officially opened last night ;again , this time I talked to Jack Madrigas a former director for the Museum the city runs for years and he offered a tour. He is a new volunteer with the CMHF.
The hall of fame occupies the old Armstrong’s Department store that was nicely renovated for it. the store goes back to before World War One and The business person whose name it bears is a protagonist in a play being presented in late July for the City’s Centenary.
A number of displays of artifacts and plaques of inductees are displayed.
The hall of fame compliments the street mall downtown this week.
A local paper is reporting that the group got about ten thousand dollars for a grand official opening in 2012, got love those openings.
Today in History July 7 1958
The US sign the Alaska State hood law
Hey Merit what do you say?
Kevin Griffiths
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