It's been fun visiting here in Vernon. I love the history and here in the early 19th century, fur traders used the Salish native trials along Okanagon Lake to export furs. By the 1860's gold discoveries down at Rock Creek brought the usual miners, missionaries, followed by settlers and train lines. The irrigation ditch was established and enabled orchards and field crops. This area is actually the crossroads of the Dewdney Trail which we know from the Haney area and another north/south one.
Myrna and I went to another quilt shop today where I found a very unique wall hanging of a Geisha outlined on a 4 x 6' wall hanging, which you use specific fabric to fill in the kimono. Then we looked up some of the 27 Heritage Murals in the downtown area that depict the history, culture, scenery and folklore that make up the Vernon of today. this one shows the orchards and harvests.
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