Emory City
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emory-city-317-15958430
title:
Emory City
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Emory City was a town on the Fraser River just 5 km south of Yale, British Columbia. By 1858 over 25,000 men had travelled up the Fraser River staking claims and working the sand bars in an attempt to strike it rich and 500 men are recorded to have spent the winter of 1858–1859 camped at Emory's bar in tent and shingle dwellings. Although considerable gold was found at Emory's bar, the mother-lode was never found. Emory again came into prominence in the fall of 1879 when it became the Canadian P
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Canadian town
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_City
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2024-03-08T02:37:23Z
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