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- 1813 Alexander Ross, earliest known
white man explored the Similkameen for the Northwest Fur Company.
- 1846 Agreement of Boundary Line between
U.S.A. and Canada.
- 1860 - 1872 Hudson Bay Co. Present
in area, in 1865 it moved from Cawston to Keremeos.
- 1861 Dewdney Trail was completed.
- 1865 Richter and Barcelo settled in
the area.
- 1877 Grist Mill constructed by Barrington
Price.
- 1880 Richter planted the first fruit
trees in the valley.
- 1883 Small Pox epidemic.
- 1886 Indian Reserves were formed.
- 1887 First Post Office, operated at
the Tonm Daly ranch.
- 1892 First School built on Dan McCurdy's
property (Log Cabin)
- 1894 Flood and the last Potlatch in
the area.
- 1899 Typhoid Epidemic
- 1902 Mr. Welby started stage line rom
Penticton to Hedley.
- 1903 Post Office opened at the Clark
Place on Green Mtn. Rd.
- 1905 First permanent Constable, Maximilian
Etxune Ewart.
- 1906 Keremeos Land Company formed.
- 1907 July 10th, first train (Great
Northern) arrived in Keremeos.
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- 1908 School built on bench, where present
Elementary school is situated.
- 1916 Cawston was officially named (after
R.L. Cawston).
- 1919 Famous Cattle Rustling Trail -
Jenson Bros.
- 1920 First Telephone office in Keremeos.
- 1926 First Delco Plant was installed
by Len Marsden.
- 1931 Present road from Keremeos to
Penticton was completed.
- 1948 Food. Hope-Princeton Highway completed.
- 1950 Benchland opened up as a soldier's
Settlement (V.L.A.).
- 1951 High School was completed.
- 1952 Packing House burned down.
- 1956 Keremeos became incorporated.
- 1965 Richter Pass was opened.
- 1967 Packing House burned down.
- 1972 Flood.
- 1973 Opening of the Keremeos Museum.
- 1975 Diagnostic Center built.
- 1976 Mountain View Manor built.
- 1986 Senior Citizen Drop-in Center
built.
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