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1862-1953 (Creation)
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- Boyd (family)
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4.3 m of textual records and other material
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John Boyd moved to the Cariboo from the California gold fields in the 1860s and with his partner, Charles Heath, entered into a variety of business activities along the Cariboo Road in the vicinity of Barkerville. He owned and operated two well known roadhouses - Cold Spring House and Cottonwood House. He died in 1909.
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The fonds consists of business and personal records of John Boyd and the Boyd family. Fonds includes records of Cox, Wade and Morland Ranch (1863-1864), Cold Spring House (1868-1894), and Cottonwood House (1874-1946). Among these roadhouse and business records are: correspondence, daybooks, cashbooks, account books, journals, accounts receivable and payable records, payroll records, and other documents. The farming records consist of miscellaneous records documenting the Boyd family's involvement and interest in farming and a number of records of the Cariboo Agricultural and Horticultural Association (1912-1953). There are also mining records documenting the Boyds' various mining investments, including records of the Big Bonanza Mining Company (1891-1906), and a number of mining maps. The personal textual records include: correspondence (1862-1951); financial, tax and estate records; records of Nam Sing Ranch (1899-1938); and, Bowron records (1869-1903). Fonds includes correspondence pertaining to World War I and of Archibald and Chester Boyd, who both died in the war.
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Inventory available with series descriptions and file lists. Online Finding Aid
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BCAUL control number: QUE-2999
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- Boyd, John (Subject)
- Boyd, Chester Fleming (Subject)
- Boyd, Archibald Arthur (Subject)
- Cox, Wade and Morland Ranch (Subject)
- Cold Spring House (Subject)
- Cottonwood House (Subject)
- Cariboo Agricultural and Horticultural Association (Subject)
- Big Bonanza Mining Company (Subject)
- Nam Sing Ranch (Subject)