by lakecountry | Feb 24, 2017 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Ian Pooley
The story of the Fir Valley settlers on the grasslands east of Winfield has been ably told by Lake Country historian Ronald Taylor in his book Fir Valley: A History. A part of that story that hasn’t been fully explored concerns two Americans and their families who...
by lakecountry | Jun 19, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
From 1860 a steady settlement of the Valley took place and among the first four cattle men who came in was Thomas Wood. He first had a cattle ranch with Connie (Cornelius) O’Keefe, north of Vernon but soon moved to the Pelmewash lake, now known as Wood Lake,...
