Letter from Stephen Freemen to James Goldie
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from Stephen Freemen to James Goldie
Subject
British Columbia
agriculture
economy
expansion
business
employment
agriculture
economy
expansion
business
employment
Description
A letter from Stephen Freemen to James Goldie detailing his intention to sell his half of the plot of land they share in Vernon, BC. Goldie was the manager of an independent fruit ranch in the Okanagan. The favourable climate of the Okanagan area was central to the agricultural economy of B.C and property was regularly bought and sold as people sought to invest in pursuit of profit and to then move on to new opportunities, as with Freemen. Or with a longer-term view in the case of Goldie, settle permanently on Rainbow Ranch which employed a numerous crew of Japanese and European immigrants to work the ranch. This highlights the theme of the colonial legacy in BC, with no regard to Native ideas towards the land and ownership. With the fruit ranch and land values detailed in the source, economic development and settler colonialism can also be identified as central themes.
Creator
Stephen Freemen
Publisher
University of British Columbia Library Open Collections
Rainbow Ranch Collection
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/rainbow
Rainbow Ranch Collection
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/rainbow
Date
31 January 1910
Contributor
Sebastian Jones
Rights
The Lake Country and Museum Archives
Rainbow Ranch Collection
Item - 10.14288/1.0354651
Rainbow Ranch Collection
Item - 10.14288/1.0354651
Language
English
Type
Textual - handwritten
Identifier
20th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
Stephen Freemen, “Letter from Stephen Freemen to James Goldie,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 11, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/69.