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The First House in Phoenix B.C.

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Front: Seven men pose proudly outside a log cabin. Once called the "highest city in Canada" by its citizens (1,412 metres / 4,633 feet above sea level) it was a booming copper mining community from the late 1890s until 1919. In its heyday it was home to 1,000 citizens and had an opera house, twenty hotels, a brewery and its own city hall. Phoenix's magistrate, Judge Willie Williams, who served there from 1897 until 1913, became famous for his booming declaration, "I am the highest judge, in the highest court, in the highest city in Canada." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_British_Columbia Back:

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Title: The First House in Phoenix B.C.:
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Description: Front: Seven men pose proudly outside a log cabin. Once called the "highest city in Canada" by its citizens (1,412 metres / 4,633 feet above sea level) it was a booming copper mining community from the late 1890s until 1919. In its heyday it was home to 1,000 citizens and had an opera house, twenty hotels, a brewery and its own city hall. Phoenix's magistrate, Judge Willie Williams, who served there from 1897 until 1913, became famous for his booming declaration, "I am the highest judge, in the highest court, in the highest city in Canada." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_British_Columbia Back:
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Contributor: McRae Bros., Ltd.
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Type: StillImage, print
Format: nonprojected graphic, 1 postcard, Real
Identifier: macrepo:103520, local: CPC-01658
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Language: eng
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Coverage: --Canada--British Columbia------Phoenix--
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