THE LANGLEY STORY ILLUSTRATED
Written by Donald E. Waite
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ISBN: 0919213618
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THE LANGLEY STORY ILLUSTRATED
Written by Donald E. Waite.
Stock no. 1819555
1st.
1977.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An Early History of the Municipality of Langley (Canada). Limited Edition of 100. Brown cloth padded boards, gilt titles. B/w photos & illustrations. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 0919213618. Gilt 'The' in title to spine is lightly rubbed. Covers lightly rubbed. Copy 69 of 100 SIGNED by the author. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contained in brown slipcase with previous owner's name in gilt which is in very good condition, some scuffing.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- CHAPTER 1
- Fur Company exploration
- First Fort Langley
- The Hudson's Bay Company Farm or the Great Langley Prairie
- A Yuculta attack
- The Oregon Boundary Treaty of 1846
- CHAPTER 2
- Fraser River gold rush
- Birth of British Columbia
- First Pre-emption Act
- Mainland's first church
- The Collins Overland Telegraph
- CHAPTER 3
- Birth of Langley Municipality
- Municipal troubles
- CHAPTER 4
- The Great Railway
- CHAPTER 5
- The gay nineties
- Great flood of '94
- CHAPTER 6
- Modern Transportation
- The Great Northern Railway
- The BCE Railway
- The Canadian Northern Railway
- The War Years
- Chronology
- List of men in charge of Fort Langley and Reeves of Langley Municipality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index