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Freedomite arson, the insurers cancelled fire coverage on all schools in
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Williams Siding, named after James Nicholas Williams, the inaugural postmaster in the area. A request in 1912 by the residents of both communities to change the post office name to Shrewsbury was unsuccessful, but it changed to Taghum in 1924.
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Kootenay River…which was…struck by a hit-and-run driver. The owner and driver….is still in hospital here suffering from serious
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District No. 7 have been cancelled by the underwriters….Nelson and Taghum are in the heart of the Doukhobor area, scene of $ 1,000,000,000 worth of fire damage, much of incendiary during the last 40
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District. In 1949, the group blew up railway track east of Taghum. In 1953, sticks of dynamite were found near Taghum at the foot of a power pole and on the train tracks. In 1958, a natural gas pipeline was dynamited near Taghum.
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Granite Rd. (south shore) opened. In 1931, the steel bridge was raised 2.1 metres (7 ft) to accommodate the reservoir for the
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Davenport, underpinned by the Granite Poorman mine, which became one of the strongest producers in the district. Abraham Lincoln Davenport, son of John Colver Davenport of
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purchased a 33-acre farm on the south shore. The acreage, named "Dorogotsennoye" (priceless in
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Doukhobor investigation here today in the wake of a $ 100,000 fire, suspected of being set by sect fanatics…. destroyed Taghum Lumber Co. planing mill….
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392:List of Chinook Jargon placenames
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722:"Daily Colonist, 20 Jul 1920"
643:"Calgary Herald, 13 Dec 1947"
509:"Castlegar News, 18 Jun 2018"
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270:Columbia and Kootenay Railway
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548:"Nelson Star, 17 Nov 2014"
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912:"Nelson Star, 4 Aug 2012"
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337:Accidents & tragedies
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455:"Daily News, 3 Jun 1914"
18:Taghum, British Columbia
894:"Province, 13 Jan 1968"
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740:"Province, 16 Aug 1929"
622:"Province, 14 Oct 1947"
221:region of southeastern
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98:49.48333°N 117.38333°W
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584:"Blewett (community)"
513:www.castlegarnews.com
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312:Davenport, Washington
554:. November 17, 2014.
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